Longan family
SAPINDACEAE in Australia

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com ) & Christine Ashe

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Acer palmatum 'atropurpureum' Red-leaf Japanese Maple Wyee, January 2007	Acer negundo Box Elder Sydney, October 2006	Acer palmatum Japanese Maple Sydney, December 2006	Aesculus hippocastanum Horse Chestnut Wyee, October 2006
Alectryon coriaceus Beach Birds Eye Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney, April 2009	Arytera divaricata Coogera Wyee, November 2008	Cupaniopsis anarcardioides Tuckeroo Wyee, July 2008	Cupaniopsis flagelliformis Brown Tuckeroo specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, January 2007
Cupaniopsis newmanii Long Leaved Tuckeroo specimen: courtesy of Ginger Factory, Yandina, January 2007	Dimocarpus longan Longan Sydney, January 2007	Dodonaea triangularis Three winged Hop Bush Sydney, October 2008	Dodonaea viscosa Sticky Hop Bush Broken Hill, NSW Photo: courtesy of Laura Levens

Elattostachys nervosa Beetroot Tree Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney, February 2009

Guioa semiglauca Australian Crow Ash Wyee, October 2007

Harpullia pendula Tulipwood Finch Hatton, Queensland Photo: courtesy of Jan MacDonald

Koelreuteria elegans Golden Rain Tree Byron Bay, April 2007

Litchi chinensis Lychee Wyee, October 2008

Some caterpillars of Australian Butterflies and Moths favour species in SAPINDACEAE for their foodplant, including:

Arhopala centaurus	Prosotas felderi	Hypochrysops ignita	Sahulana scintillata	Anthene lycaenoides
Arhopala micale	Hypolycaena phorbas	Nacaduba kurava	Anthene seltuttus	Pantoporia venilia
Candalides absimilis	Jamides aleuas	Deudorix epirus	Prosotas nora	Autoba abrupta
Achaea janata	Oxyodes scrobiculata	Oxyodes tricolor	Homodes bracteigutta	Xanthodes congenita

Pingasa chlora

Conopomorpha cramerella

Isotenes miserana

Cryptophlebia ombrodelta