This is a list of butterflies on Australian postage stamps. Australia Post has issued several stamp series featuring Australian butterflies: 1981 (10 stamps); 1991 and 1997 (1 stamp only in each series); 1998 (5 stamps); 2003 (2 stamps, plus a moth caterpillar stamp); and 2004 (4 stamps, but 2 species on $2 stamp). The Ulysses Swallowtail, Papilio ulysses, has been featured four times: 1981, 1998, 2003 and 2004. Cethosia cydippe has featured three times: once in 1998, and on two different stamps in 2004. The Clearwing Swallowtail, Cressida cressida, has been featured twice: 1981 and 1997.
- Euschemon rafflesia (1981,4c)
- Troides euphorion (1981, 10c)
- Graphium macleayanus (1981, 20c)
- Papilio ulysses (1981, 27c)
- Pseudalmenus chlorinda (1981, 30c)
- Tirumala hamata (1981, 35c)
- Cressida cressida (1981, 45c)
- Delias aganippe (1981, 60c)
- Ogyris amaryllis (1981, 80c)
- Tisiphone abeona (1981, $1)
- Cizara ardeniae (1991, 43c)
- Cressida cressida (1997, $1)
- Cethosia cydippe (1998, 45c)
- Arhopala centaurus (1998, 45c)
- Junonia villida (1998, 45c)
- Papilio ulysses (1998, 45c)
- Chaetocneme beata (1998, 45c)
- Papilio ulysses (2003, 50c)
- Graphium agamemnon (2003, 50c)
- Cethosia cydippe (2004, 5c)
- Hypolimnas alimena (2004, 10c)
- Vindula arsinoe (2004, 75c)
- Papilio ulysses (2004, $2)
- Cethosia cydippe (2004, $2)
- Cupha prosope (2016, $1)[1]
- Ornithoptera euphorion (2016, $1)[1]
- Graphium eurypylus (2016, $1)[1]
- Papilio demoleus (2016, $2.75)[1]
- Paralucia spinifera (2020, $1.10)[2]
- Papilio amynthor amphiaraus (2021, $1.10)[3]
- Cepora perimale perimale (2021, $2.20)[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Beautiful Butterflies". Australia Post Collectables. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "Wildlife Recovery". Australia Post Collectables. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Norfolk Island Butterflies". Australia Post Collectables. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
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