Papilio aegeus
Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Hughes, ACT
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| Papilio aegeus | AlisonMilton | 9 Mar 2025 | |
| Papilio aegeus | CarbonAI | 9 Mar 2025 | |
| Papilio aegeus | ruthkerruish | 9 Mar 2025 |
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larvae feeding and almost mutalating them
2 comments
9 Mar 2025
Many adult butterflies around but they fly so quickly, only live for a day and die after mating,
9 Mar 2025
Many years ago about about 6-8 Choisya ternata (Mexican Orange Blossom) were planted for the Citrus butterflies, every year the caterpillars feed on them so the shrubs. The strange thing there is large lemon shrub adjacent to the Choisyas btu they caterpillars never feed on it. The lovely butterflies only live for a day and die after mating! They dart around so quickly that they are never still enough to photo graph.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098678-35.338122
- Altitude 620.5m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 8 Mar 2025 04:23 PM Recorded on
- ruthkerruish Recorded by
- Choisya ternatai Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- ruthkerruish NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands 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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