Evie Simpson
Tasmanian Lepidoptera
original watercolour on paper
41 x 41cm
Limited edition of 24
Artist's Statement:
Tasmanian Lepidoptera
This work shows five of Tasmania's threatened endemic Lepidoptera species, which are all in flying form in the warmer months of the year. From top to bottom: Saltmarsh looper moth (Dasybela achroa), Chaostola skipper (Antipodia chaostola subsp. leucophaea), Marrawah skipper (Oreisplanus munionga subsp. larana), Ptunarra brown butterfly (Oreixenica ptunarra) and Tasmanian hairstreak butterfly (Pseudalmenus chlorinda myrsilus).