If you’re interested in biodiversity and have land on which to create a natural space, the reasonable approach is to install local native Plants that have value to the local native wildlife. In South Australia the local Butterfly (Papilionoidea) species have been hard hit by urban sprawl and farming practices. What better way to help these species recover their populations than by planting the specific Plants they utilise.

There are five Families of Butterflies present in South Australia. The Skippers and Darts (Hesperiidae), the Blues (Lycaenidae), the Browns (Nymphalidae), the Swallowtails (Papilionidae) and the Whites and Yellows (Pieridae). Each local species has a preferred Plant Genus or species for its larval and adult stages. For detailed information on each Family check out the related SA Butterfly Families page prepared by the Butterfly Conservation of SA Inc. Everything you’ll ever need to know about Butterfly species in South Australia and the Plants they utilise can be found via the Butterfly Conservation South Australia Inc. homepage.

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