For the last decade
NQ DRY TROPICS
has been working with people to
improve our environment

In the last five years
we have helped graziers install
136 watering points to
protect waterways

Improved
130,000 hectares
of grazing land in the
Burdekin region

Protected
104,000 hectares
of wildlife corridors

Improved the environmental sustainability of
40,000 hectares
of sugar, fruit and vegetable farms

Protected
25 hectares
of coastal vegetation

Reduced the use of fertiliser on
20,000 hectares of farmland near the
Great Barrier Reef

Improved
the quality of soil on
15,000 hectares
of land in the dry tropics region

We have removed barriers
to fish movement along
5,000 kilometres
of creeks and rivers

We have helped over
90 families in semi-urban areas
to protect native plants in their backyard

Insects of Our Region

The following is a list of insects common to the dry tropics regin. Where available, both scientific and common names have been provided.

Family	Scientific Name	Common Name
Hesperiidae	Chaetocneme porphyropis	purple dusk-flat
Hesperiidae	Toxidia peron	dingy skipper
Lycaenidae	Candalides erinus erinus	small dusky-blue
Lycaenidae	Candalides hyacinthina
Lycaenidae	Candalides hyacinthina eugenia	varied dusky-blue (northern subspecies)
Lycaenidae	Hypochrysops ignita chrysonotus	fiery jewel (Wet Tropics subspecies)
Lycaenidae	Jalmenus ictinus	stencilled hairstreak
Lycaenidae	Jalmenus pseudictinus	Macqueen's hairstreak
Lycaenidae	Liphyra brassolis major	moth butterfly
Lycaenidae	Nacaduba biocellata biocellata	two-spotted line-blue
Lycaenidae	Ogyris amaryllis
Lycaenidae	Ogyris iphis iphis	orange-tip azure
Lycaenidae	Ogyris zosine
Lycaenidae	Philiris diana diana	large moonbeam (Wet Tropics subspecies)
Lycaenidae	Theclinesthes miskini miskini	wattle blue (Australian subspecies)
Lycaenidae	Zizina labradus
Nymphalidae	Acraea andromacha andromacha	glasswing
Nymphalidae	Danaus affinis affinis	marsh tiger
Nymphalidae	Danaus chrysippus petilia	lesser wanderer
Nymphalidae	Euploea core corinna	common crow
Nymphalidae	Hypocysta adiante adiante	orange ringlet
Nymphalidae	Hypolimnas alimena lamina	blue-banded eggfly
Nymphalidae	Junonia hedonia zelima	brown argus
Nymphalidae	Junonia orithya albicincta	blue argus
Nymphalidae	Junonia villida calybe	meadow argus
Nymphalidae	Libythea geoffroy nicevillei	purple beak
Nymphalidae	Melanitis leda bankia	common evening-brown
Nymphalidae	Tirumala hamata hamata	blue tiger
Nymphalidae	Ypthima arctous arctous	dusky knight
Papilionidae	Atrophaneura polydorus queenslandicus	red-bodied swallowtail
Papilionidae	Cressida cressida cressida	greasy swallowtail
Papilionidae	Graphium agamemnon ligatum	green-spotted triangle
Papilionidae	Ornithoptera euphorion	Cairns birdwing
Papilionidae	Ornithoptera priamus
Papilionidae	Papilio ulysses joesa	Ulysses butterfly
Pieridae	Appias melania	grey albatross
Pieridae	Appias paulina ego	yellow albatross
Pieridae	Belenois java teutonia	caper white
Pieridae	Catopsilia pomona pomona	lemon migrant
Pieridae	Delias argenthona argenthona	scarlet jezebel
Pieridae	Delias nigrina	black jezebel
Pieridae	Elodina angulipennis	southern pearl-white
Pieridae	Elodina parthia	striated pearl-white
Pieridae	Elodina perdita	delicate pearl-white
Pieridae	Eurema brigitta australis	no-brand grass-yellow
Pieridae	Eurema hecabe phoebus	large grass-yellow
Pieridae	Eurema herla	pink grass-yellow

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