Papilio aegeus
1 Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Kambah, ACT
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| Papilio aegeus | SuziBond | 8 Jan 2018 | |
| Papilio aegeus | MatthewFrawley | 7 Jan 2018 |
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Discovered by my six-year-old daughter Ruby, who was very excited. Photos are one day apart. Ruby is interested to know how long it might be before the butterfly emerges.
3 comments
9 Jan 2018
Great discovery by Ruby! Pupation can take from a few weeks to months for this species - so you may get to see the adult emerge later this season, or it may overwinter as a pupa and emerge in the spring. Good luck.
28 Jan 2018
We noticed today that the butterfly has emerged and we did see one flying around in the general vicinity, so assuming it is the one, then it was 22 days.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.075912-35.384392
- Places Kambah, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2018 12:00 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- Citrus limon Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Larvae Breeding behaviour
- Unknown Gender
Collections
- MatthewFrawley 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
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
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