Papilio aegeus
4 Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Fisher, ACT
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| Papilio aegeus | owenh | 15 Feb 2023 | |
| Papilio aegeus | CarbonAI | 13 Feb 2023 | |
| Unverified | MatthewFrawley | 13 Feb 2023 |
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User's notes
My first ever photo sighting of an adult Orchard Swallowtail, this one was on the edge of the water for 10 minutes that I watched and was still at it when I left to explore more parts of Mount Taylor Nature Reserve
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15 Feb 2023
Was curious about this behaviour and looked it up - known as mud-puddling, more info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mud-puddling
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065867-35.365596
- Maps Mount Taylor
- Places Fisher, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 Feb 2023 03:14 PM Recorded on
- MatthewFrawley Recorded by
- 50mm or larger Animal size
- Male Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- MatthewFrawley Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio aegeus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
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
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
Record quality
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