Dainty Swallowtail at Weston, ACT
Identification history
| Papilio anactus | 22 Feb 2026 | MatthewFrawley | ||
| Papilio anactus | 22 Feb 2026 | jmcleod |
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User's notes
Pretty sure this is the same individual as sightings 4719084 and 4719666 - cocoon in 4719666 is now empty. Hung for about 40 minutes after I first spotted it, flew off a few seconds after the last photo.
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Location information
- Places Weston, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- jmcleod Recorded by
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jmcleod NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Latest Papilio anactus Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects
Additional information
- Potted finger lime Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Papilio anactus Scientific name
- Dainty Swallowtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 870m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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