Papilio aegeus

Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Higgins, ACT

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Identification history

	Papilio aegeus	4 Mar 2019	SuziBond
	Papilio aegeus	28 Feb 2019	AlisonMilton

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Seen the male adult butterfly flying around but haven't been able to photograph it.

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AlisonMilton wrote:

18 May 2019

Update: A few weeks after this sighting there were 12 caterpillars, some at the 1st instar. As of 17 May there are still two caterpillars, (not yet reaching the stage of turning green). A very late instance of this butterfly in caterpillar form I would think. With the colder weather they seem to have stopped eating as much or developing as quickly so have taken them inside.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.029903 -35.238155
Altitude 657.5m
Places Higgins, ACT

Sighting information

3 Abundance
25 Feb 2019 11:50 AM Recorded on
AlisonMilton Recorded by
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Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Swallowtails (Papilionidae) AlisonMilton Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Larvae Breeding behaviour

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
541 images trained Machine learning
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus

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