Papilio anactus

Dainty Swallowtail at Wright, ACT

Papilio anactus at Wright, ACT - suppressed

Papilio anactus at Wright, ACT - suppressed

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Identification history

	Papilio anactus	15 Mar 2023	owenh
	Unverified	15 Mar 2023	jac

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Big healthy caterpillar, plant seems intact, what will it turn into?!

2 comments

owenh wrote:

15 Mar 2023

A Dainty Swallowtail butterfly

jac wrote:

15 Mar 2023

How fun! I think I had one of them visit the citrus in December. I posted a sighting. Wonder if that's the parent of this one?!!! How special

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Location information

Places Wright, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
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Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Swallowtails (Papilionidae) jac Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Citrus Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health
Resting Insect behaviour on flower

Species information

Papilio anactus Scientific name
Dainty Swallowtail Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 870m Recorded at altitude
425 images trained Machine learning
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