Mangrove family : RHIZOPHORACEAE (ROSIDAE) in Australia

Flower Families

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

Plant Classes

Carallia brachiata Corky Bark Cooper Creek Wilderness, Daintree, November 2012 Photo: courtesy of Neil Hewett

Rhizophora stylosa Stilted Mangrove Magnetic Island, Queensland, February 2008 Photos: courtesy of Peter Abraham

Caterpillars of some Butterflies and Moths in Australia can utilise species in RHIZOPHORACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Hypochrysops apelles	Hypochrysops narcissus	Hypolycaena phorbas	Syntherata janetta	Syntherata leonae
Dysphania numana	Cleora injectaria	Adoxophyes templana	Doratifera quadriguttata	Doratifera stenora

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Australian butterflies

Australian Lepidoptera

Australian moths

(updated 31 May 2013, 4 December 2017)