Papilio aegeus

1 Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Hawker, ACT

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Identification history

	Papilio aegeus	13 Mar 2022	MatthewFrawley
	Papilio aegeus	13 Mar 2022	sangio7

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First encountered this morning flat out on the grass in the back yard (photo #2); it stayed there for quite a while despite us tramping back and forth. Then found one perched in the shade on a paperbark a few meters away (photo #1) this afternoon, posing beautifully. There have been quite a lot around over the last few days but rarely perching to enable photo and ID, so today was a real treat seeing the stationary and up close.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.036268 -35.253383
Altitude 684.0m
Places Hawker, ACT

Sighting information

At least 1 Abundance
13 Mar 2022 10:31 AM Recorded on
sangio7 Recorded by
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sangio7 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

Paperbark tree, grass Associated plant
50mm or larger Animal size

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
557 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus

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Australian Capital Territory

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