Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly at Bermagui, NSW
Identification history
| Unidentified | 23 Mar 2019 | JackieLambert |
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User's notes
10 cm wing
3 comments
PaulWhitington
wrote:
23 Mar 2019
Great shots, Jackie! You’ve managed to capture the female ovipositing. The citrus leaves in your photos (are they lemon or lime trees?) are some of the favourite food plants of the larvae of this butterfly species. But they have also been reported to feed on native plants in the same family (Rutaceae) as the lemon tree, such as the Sandfly Zieria (https://atlasoflife.naturemapr.org/Community/Species/Sightings/19286)
PaulWhitington
wrote:
24 Mar 2019
That’s interesting, Loki! Cumquats are Rutaceae as well, so that fits.
Location information
- Coordinates 150.068456-36.427336
- Places Bermagui, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Mar 2019 12:13 PM Recorded on
- JackieLambert Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Swallowtails (Papilionidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) JackieLambert South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Papilio aegeus Scientific name
- Orchard Swallowtail, Large Citrus Butterfly Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 850m Recorded at altitude
- 462 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Princeps aegeus
