Ogyris amaryllis

1 Satin Azure at Kambah Pool

Ogyris amaryllis at Kambah Pool - 1 Nov 2018
Ogyris amaryllis at Kambah Pool - 1 Nov 2018
Ogyris amaryllis at Kambah Pool - 1 Nov 2018
Ogyris amaryllis at Kambah Pool - 1 Nov 2018
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Identification history

Ogyris amaryllis 2 Nov 2018 SuziBond
Ogyris amaryllis 1 Nov 2018 RodDeb

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Significant sighting

SuziBond noted:
2 Nov 2018

Second CNM record of this localised species. The preferred food plant of the larvae is the sheoak mistletoe. The 2003 fires took out so much River She Oak - the host of the mistletoe- that we almost lost this species of butterfly from the ACT - but it is now well on the way to recovery.

User's notes

saw at least 2 may have been a 3rd one They were high up in the sheoak

4 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   2 Nov 2018
Fantastic photos, were they low down in the tree?
SuziBond wrote:
   2 Nov 2018
New location record for this species, thanks RodDeb!
   2 Nov 2018
Fire could potentially take out this colony today.
RodDeb wrote:
   3 Nov 2018
They were high up in the tree and when they flew they kept high and did not come down low, we watched them for as long as we could but then they disappeared into the sheoak and could not be seen.

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  • 1 Nov 2018 11:27 AM Recorded on
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  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size

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