Papilio aegeus
Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Bowning, NSW
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| Papilio aegeus | owenh | 4 Jan 2025 | ||
| Papilio aegeus | CarbonAI | 4 Jan 2025 | ||
| Papilio aegeus | Maren | 4 Jan 2025 |
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Are the things on the other leaves eggs?
4 comments
4 Jan 2025
Confirming the caterpillar. Re the 'eggs' - perhaps take them into care and see what emerges.
4 Jan 2025
4 Jan 2025
Thanks for that Alison. I'm always wary assigning eggs to species for these from photos unless folks have actually seen them laid as have seen both P. aegeus and P. anactus on the same plant.
4 Jan 2025
Thanks - I'll put them in with the caterpillar. I think it's starting to build a cocoon.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.781177-34.814578
- Places Bowning, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 4 Jan 2025 08:03 AM Recorded on
- Maren Recorded by
- lemon tree Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Maren 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
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
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