Papilio anactus
Dainty Swallowtail at Garran, ACT
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| Papilio anactus | SuziBond | 1 Feb 2016 | |
| Papilio anactus | ArcherCallaway | 1 Feb 2016 | |
| Papilio aegeus | roymcd | 1 Feb 2016 |
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5 comments
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.
2 Feb 2016
Thanks Suzi, I'll keep an eye out next time I visit one of those locations
13 Apr 2018
The judges highly commended this sighting in the 2018 Canberra Nature Map photographic competition
Location information
- Coordinates 149.116091-35.335363
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Garran, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2016 11:21 AM Recorded on
- roymcd Recorded by
Collections
- roymcd Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio anactus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Papilio anactus Scientific name
- Dainty Swallowtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 870m Recorded at altitude
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