Papilio demoleus

4 Chequered Swallowtail at Cotter River, ACT

Papilio demoleus at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM

Papilio demoleus at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM

Papilio demoleus at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM

Papilio demoleus at Cotter River, ACT - 28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM

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Identification history

	Papilio demoleus	29 Jan 2023	MichaelMulvaney
	Papilio demoleus	29 Jan 2023	MatthewFrawley

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Species #67 for my ACT list. Fast, purposeful flight low to ground, only this one perched briefly for this distant ID photo.

2 comments

Christine wrote:

29 Jan 2023

Congrats Matthew, good find! (this one still eludes me).

MatthewFrawley wrote:

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.

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Sighting information

3 Abundance
28 Jan 2023 11:24 AM Recorded on
MatthewFrawley Recorded by
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Insects Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

50mm or larger Animal size
Unknown Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health

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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