Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Bowning, NSW
Identification history
| Papilio aegeus | 4 Jan 2025 | owenh | ||
| Papilio aegeus | 4 Jan 2025 | CarbonAI | ||
| Papilio aegeus | 4 Jan 2025 | Maren |
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User's notes
Are the things on the other leaves eggs?
4 comments
owenh
wrote:
4 Jan 2025
Confirming the caterpillar. Re the 'eggs' - perhaps take them into care and see what emerges.
AlisonMilton
wrote:
4 Jan 2025
owenh
wrote:
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.
Maren
wrote:
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
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Collections
Maren Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Papilio aegeus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- lemon tree Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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