5 Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Papilio aegeus | 7 Nov 2022 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Papilio aegeus | 7 Nov 2022 | rawshorty |
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User's notes
I spotted this high on a maple tree at my clients house. I only had my macro camera in the car so I set up my tall ladder to get some shots. It stayed in the same spot for well over half an hour after I first sighting. It looks very fresh and I thought maybe it had emerged this morning?
2 comments
MatthewFrawley
wrote:
7 Nov 2022
This is the first CNM sighting of the Orchard Swallowtail flying for this season.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.106546-35.305823
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Nov 2022 09:32 AM Recorded on
- rawshorty Recorded by
Additional information
- Maple tree Associated plant
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
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
- 418 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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