Papilio anactus

Dainty Swallowtail at Garran, ACT

Papilio anactus at Garran, ACT - 20 Jan 2016

Papilio anactus at Garran, ACT - 20 Jan 2016

Papilio anactus at Garran, ACT - 20 Jan 2016

Papilio anactus at Garran, ACT - 20 Jan 2016

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Identification history

	Papilio anactus	1 Feb 2016	SuziBond
	Papilio anactus	1 Feb 2016	ArcherCallaway
	Papilio aegeus	1 Feb 2016	roymcd

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5 comments

ArcherCallaway wrote:

2 Feb 2016

Great photo, I would love to see one of those!

SuziBond wrote:

2 Feb 2016

Hi Ryu, these are fairly easy to see if you can make it to the summit of somewhere like Red Hill, Mt Ainslie, Tuggeranong Hill or Black Mountain.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

2 Feb 2016

Thanks Suzi, I'll keep an eye out next time I visit one of those locations

roymcd wrote:

5 Feb 2016

Cropped image for better picture.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

13 Apr 2018

The judges highly commended this sighting in the 2018 Canberra Nature Map photographic competition

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Location information

Sighting information

2 Abundance
20 Jan 2016 11:21 AM Recorded on
roymcd Recorded by
Collections
Insects Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) roymcd

Species information

Papilio anactus Scientific name
Dainty Swallowtail Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 870m Recorded at altitude
379 images trained Machine learning
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