Biodiversity in Australia's National Reserve System - Part ... - BushBlitz

Three butterfly species had records in more than 100 separate PAs (Table 54). One species in
this list had over a thousand records, with an average of 943 records per species. None of the
species are listed as threatened.
Table 54 Butterfly species recorded at more than 100 PAs.
Species No. Records No. PAs No. PAs >1000ha
EPBC
status
Heteronympha merope 935 102 85 NL
Vanessa kershawi 887 101 84 NL
Zizina labradus 1006 111 100 NL
A total of 130 species had records in five or fewer PAs and 136 had records in five or fewer
PAs greater than 1000 hectares in size (Table 55). One species is listed as vulnerable. The
majority of species in this list had fewer than 100 individual record sites, and no species had
more than 205 record sites. All species were recorded from at least one PA, but three species
did not occur in a PA greater than 1000 hectares. None the less, there are many species that
have rarely been recorded within the NRS and can be assumed to not be well protected by it.
Table 55 Butterfly species recorded from five or fewer PAs and five or fewer PAs larger
than 1000 hectares.
Species No. Records No. PAs No. PAs >1000ha
EPBC
status
Ogyris genoveva 19 1 0 NL
Ogyris amaryllis hewitsoni 37 1 0 NL
Trapezites argenteoornatus 51 1 0 NL
Hypochrysops elgneri 12 1 1 NL
Argyreus hyperbius 29 1 1 NL
Jalmenus pseudictinus 36 1 1 NL
Zizula hylax attenuata 17 1 1 NL
Acrodipsas arcana 24 1 1 NL
Hypochrysops pythias 12 1 1 NL
Mesodina cyanophracta 13 1 1 NL
Paralucia spinifera 106 1 1 VU
Hypochrysops halyaetus 50 1 1 NL
Hypolycaena danis turneri 23 1 1 NL
Anisynta cynone 48 1 1 NL
Hypochrysops delicia duaringae 13 1 1 NL
Trapezites macqueeni 23 1 1 NL
Ogyris amaryllis meridionalis 37 1 1 NL
Vanessa cardui 89 1 1 NL
Vagrans egista 27 1 1 NL
Troides euphorion 11 1 1 NL
Hypochrysops epicurus 46 1 1 NL
Hypochrysops cyane 27 1 1 NL
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