Belenois java

Caper White at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

Belenois java	20 Oct 2016	SuziBond
Belenois java	20 Oct 2016	SuziBond
Appias paulina	20 Oct 2016	galah681

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5 comments

SuziBond wrote:

21 Oct 2016

Caper Whites are starting to migrate through our region at the moment. Yellow Albatross are far less common migrants here and ACT records tend to be later in the season.

galah681 wrote:

23 Oct 2016

Did not know that butterflies migrated. Do you know where these come from and where they are going to? What sort of distances?

SuziBond wrote:

23 Oct 2016

Some ACT butterflies are migratory but most are residents. The movement patterns for our migratory butterflies are not well understood unfortunately.

ArcherCallaway wrote:

23 Oct 2016

And you wouldn't be able to put trackers on them either!

KimPullen wrote:

25 Oct 2016

They were not electronic trackers, but researchers in the US and Mexico did stick tags onto the wings of Monarch butterflies and asked people to report any they found. The tags had contact details printed onto them I think.

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