Papilio aegeus

Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Melba, ACT

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Location information

• Places Melba, ACT

Sighting information

• 3 Abundance
• SHA Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) SHA Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Tahitian lime tree. Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Unknown Gender
• Breeding behaviour

Species information

• Papilio aegeus Scientific name
• Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 850m Recorded at altitude
• 472 images trained Machine learning
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Princeps aegeus

Record quality

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• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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