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Identification history
| Phaos aglaophara | 26 Jul 2022 | canberrabutterflies | ||
| Ogyris iphis doddi | 7 Jun 2022 | donhe | ||
| Unverified | 17 Aug 2020 | Christine |
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I am guessing it is a moth bur not at all sure.
5 comments
Amata
wrote:
3 Jul 2022
It could be Dodd's Azure, but it is ridiculously hard to identify caterpillars to species. Due to the date, I am guessing that you did not rear it?
owenh
wrote:
21 Jul 2022
donhe, Birdy: Ogyris iphis doddi is a rare tropical species of butterfly only found on Melville Island and near Darwin in the NT (MIchael F Braby, Butterflies of Australia, 2000).
As Christine notes above, isn't this a moth caterpillar? (Arctiinae?)
As Christine notes above, isn't this a moth caterpillar? (Arctiinae?)
ibaird
wrote:
26 Jul 2022
I do not think the photo is similar enough to other photos of P. aglaophora to be sure it is that species. I agree is likely to be a moth in the subfamiliy Arctiini though. A side-on view would have been useful.
donhe
wrote:
27 Jul 2022
If it is Lepidoptera, and not say Coleoptera, the absence of yellow dorsal stripe indicates Ctenuchini (Arctininae).
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Christine NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Tiger moths (Arctiinae) Moths (Lepidoptera) Insects
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- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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