Insects
Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Whites & Yellows (Pieridae)
Sighting 3362466

Belenois java

Caper White at Molonglo Valley, ACT

Belenois java at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016 12:27 PM
Belenois java at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 20 Oct 2016 12:27 PM
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Identification history

Belenois java 20 Oct 2016 SuziBond
Belenois java 20 Oct 2016 SuziBond
Appias paulina 20 Oct 2016 galah681

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5 comments

SuziBond wrote:
   21 Oct 2016
Caper Whites are starting to migrate through our region at the moment. Yellow Albatross are far less common migrants here and ACT records tend to be later in the season.
galah681 wrote:
   23 Oct 2016
Did not know that butterflies migrated. Do you know where these come from and where they are going to? What sort of distances?
SuziBond wrote:
   23 Oct 2016
Some ACT butterflies are migratory but most are residents. The movement patterns for our migratory butterflies are not well understood unfortunately.
ArcherCallaway wrote:
   23 Oct 2016
And you wouldn't be able to put trackers on them either!
KimPullen wrote:
   25 Oct 2016
They were not electronic trackers, but researchers in the US and Mexico did stick tags onto the wings of Monarch butterflies and asked people to report any they found. The tags had contact details printed onto them I think.

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Additional information

  • 25mm to 50mm Animal size
  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Belenois java Scientific name
  • Caper White Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Migratory
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1730m Recorded at altitude
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