Strychnine family : LOGANIACEAE (ASTERIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Buddleia davidii Butterfly Bush Engadine, January 2008 Photo: courtesy of Karen Hilton	Buddleia davidii var. ‘Pink Delight’ Wyee, November 2006	Buddleia davidii var. ‘Dark Knight’ Concord, February 2006	Buddleia davidii var. ‘White Profusion’ Wyee, December 2006
Buddleia x weyeriana ‘Golden Glow’ Buddleia Wyee, November 2006	Gelsemium sempervirens Yellow Jessamine Wyee, February 2008	Gelsemium sempervirens var. 'Pride of Augusta' Wyee, April 2007	Mitrasacme polymorpha Mitre Pod Wonboyn, NSW Photo: courtesy of Paul Whitington

Plants in LOGANIACEAE are attacked by caterpillars of a number of Butterflies and Moths in Australia, including:

Deudorix smilis

Deudorix democles

Hypochrysops apelles

Phalanta phalantha

Angonyx papuana

Macroglossum micacea

Macroglossum vacillans

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 4 January 2013, 13 December 2015, 12 April 2020)