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Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera)
Whites & Yellows (Pieridae)
Sighting 4351914

Belenois java

Caper White at Holt, ACT

Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
Belenois java at Holt, ACT - 17 Oct 2020
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Identification history

Belenois java 19 Oct 2020 SuziBond
Belenois java 19 Oct 2020 Christine

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Plenty of these migrant butterflies flying through Canberra at the moment. I estimate I saw 100 as i walked the loop here. At any point in time i could see 1 to 7 butterflies. If you stood still there was a constant stream of them flying by, stopping on the abundant flowers available at the moment.

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SuziBond wrote:
   19 Oct 2020
Great set of images, beautiful.

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