List of butterflies of Australia
Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments. The largest butterflies in the world are endemic to the Australasian realm. They are the birdwings—Ornithoptera and other genera—of the tribe Troidini of the swallowtail butterfly family, Papilionidae. Papilionidae: swallowtails Family: Papilionidae (swallowtails) — 18+2 species [*2 non-continental species] Papilioninae subfamily: Papilioninae tribe: Leptocircini (formerly Graphiini) genus: Protographium Four-barred swordtail, Protographium leosthenes (Doubleday, 1846) — pictured P. l. leosthenes (Doubleday, 1846) P. l. geimbia (Tindale, 1927) genus: Graphium (swordtails) Five-barred or chain swordtail, Graphium aristeus (Stoll, 1780) Macleay's swordtail, Graphium macleayanus (Leach, 1814) G. m. macleayanus (Leach, 1814) G. m. moggana (Couchman, 1965) Blue triangle, Graphium sarpedon (Linnaeus, 1758) — pictured Pale triangle, Graphium eurypylus (Linnaeus, 1758) G. e. lycaon (C. & R. Felder, 1865) G. e. nyctimus (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) G. e. lycanoides (Rothschild, 1895) Green triangle, Graphium macfarlanei (Butler, 1877) Green-spotted triangle, Graphium agamemnon (Linnaeus, 1758) tribe: Papilionini (fluted swallowtails) genus: Papilio (Linnaeus, 1758) Dainty swallowtail, Papilio anactus (W. S. Macleay, 1826) Orchard swallowtail, Papilio aegeus (Donovan, 1805) — pictured P. a. aegeus (Donovan, 1805) P.