Laurel family
LAURACEAE in Australia

Flower Families

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) & Christine Ashe

Plant Classes

Cassytha paniculata Devil's Twine Wyee, March 2007

Cinnamomum camphora Camphor Laurel Sydney, August 2006

Cryptocarya triplinervis Three-veined Cryptocarya Magnetic Island Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Laurus nobilis Bay Tree Sydney, October 2006

Litsea glutinosa Indian Laurel Magnetic Island Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Neolitsea australiensis Green Bolly Gum Magnetic Island Photos: courtesy of Donald Simpson

Persea americana Avocado Sydney, August 2006

Species in LAURACEAE are the favoured foodplant of some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths, including:

Graphium sarpedon	Candalides acasta	Candalides erinus	Candalides geminus	Candalides hyacinthina
Philiris diana	Philiris fulgens	Netrocoryne repanda	Chaetocneme porphyropis	Charaxes latona
Chaetocneme beata	Polyura sempronius	Graphium macleayanus	Hecatesia exultans	Hecatesia fenestrata
Epipaschiinae species A	Stericta concisella	Eucyclodes buprestaria	Corymica pryeri	Opodiphthera rhythmica

Syntherata janetta

no photo Syntherata leonae

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Australian butterflies

Australian caterpillars

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013)