Macleay's Swallowtail at Quaama, NSW
Identification history
| Graphium macleayanus | 25 Feb 2020 | FionaG |
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User's notes
I think it is a Macleay's Swallowtail.
3 comments
JackieMiles
wrote:
25 Feb 2020
Yep, looks to be missing the "tails" on the hindwing, maybe from bird attack or wear. Buddleia seems to be a good garden plant for bringing in the butterflies, and other insects too to judge by your most recent sightings.
FionaG
wrote:
26 Feb 2020
Yes, it's a wonderful plant in terms of mass insect attraction. I have seen these butterflies before but never with the tails. Is it possible that only the males (or females) have the tails?
JackieMiles
wrote:
27 Feb 2020
Hi Fiona, Nope, according to our butterfly book both sexes have a tail on the hindwing. But it would be pretty vulnerable to getting worn off I imagine, being longish and narrow. Don't think we've seen them at Brogo for quite a few years now. What always feels weird about this butterfly is seeing it up in the Snowy Mtns, as they have rather a tropical look, but I have seen them up there several times. Larval food plants include some local rainforest trees as well as the weed Camphor Laurel and cool temperate rainforest tree Southern Sassafras, which is sparsely present in valleys up in the Snowies.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.892714-36.462350
- Places Quaama, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 25 Feb 2020 09:59 AM Recorded on
- FionaG Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Swallowtails (Papilionidae) FionaG South Coast NatureMapr
Species information
- Graphium macleayanum Scientific name
- Macleay's Swallowtail Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1851.96m Recorded at altitude
- 219 images trained Machine learning
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