2003 Australia Post Mini Sheet – Bugs and Butterflies

History

Australia has more than 400 species of butterflies, 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 ecozone. They are the birdwings—Ornithoptera and other genera—of the Troidini tribe of swallowtail butterflies (Papilionidae).