Vanessa kershawi

1 Australian Painted Lady at Hughes, ACT

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Identification history

	Vanessa kershawi	27 Feb 2019	MatthewFrawley
	Vanessa kershawi	26 Feb 2019	JonSteinbeck

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This Australian Painted Lady Butterfly landed very near me, before opening its wings. It was very patient, allowing me to get very close with my lens, even though it was a telephoto lens. It appeared to be warming up in the sun. Even when I covered it in my shadow a couple of times it did not fly off. It was only when I stood up after photographing it that it took off.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.103340 -35.336977
Altitude 637.5m
Maps Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
23 Feb 2019 08:24 AM Recorded on
JonSteinbeck Recorded by
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BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Nymphs (Nymphalidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size

Species information

Vanessa kershawi Scientific name
Australian Painted Lady Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 2203.8m Recorded at altitude
836 images trained Machine learning
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Additional attributes

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania