Papilio aegeus
Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Greenleigh, NSW
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| Papilio aegeus | SuziBond | 1 Jan 2017 | |
| Papilio aegeus | Blacknbluebelle | 1 Jan 2017 | |
| Unverified | CCPK | 1 Jan 2017 |
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User's notes
Two different large butterfly species that seemed to be doing a mating ritual
1 comment
2 Jan 2017
Hi CCPK, you have a female and a male here; the male has more black and the female has more white in the wings. This species engages in courtship as you suggest in your notes, but the host plant for this species is not Grevillea (they use citrus).
Location information
- Coordinates 149.246664-35.372854
- Places Greenleigh, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Jan 2013 12:55 PM Recorded on
- CCPK Recorded by
- Grevillea Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- CCPK Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio aegeus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Papilio aegeus Scientific name
- Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1046.77m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
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