Papilio demoleus
4 Chequered Swallowtail at Cotter River, ACT
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| Papilio demoleus | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Jan 2023 | |
| Papilio demoleus | MatthewFrawley | 29 Jan 2023 |
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User's notes
Species #67 for my ACT list. Fast, purposeful flight low to ground, only this one perched briefly for this distant ID photo.
2 comments
29 Jan 2023
Thanks Christine. Looks like Corin Road is the place to go right now as my sighting was exactly three weeks after David's sighting.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.869644-35.538996
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio demoleus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Species information
- Papilio demoleus Scientific name
- Chequered Swallowtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 862.04m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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6 / 7
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