Graphium eurypylus at Doctor George Mountain, NSW

Graphium eurypylus

1 Pale Triangle at Doctor George Mountain, NSW

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Graphium eurypylus (Pale Triangle)

5 Jun 2020

AndrewMcCutcheon

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A single Pale Triangle was visiting a flowering Buddleia shrub (Butterfly Bush) at the same time as a small number of Macleay's Swallowtails in a garden at Dr George Mountain. Looking up some references I have, this butterfly species appears to be well south of it's normal range of distribution.

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MaxCampbell wrote:

6 Jun 2020

Range (shown in Braby) as all of Queensland east coast to not far south of the NSW border and vagrant to about Jervis Bay.

AndrewMcCutcheon wrote:

6 Jun 2020

Braby is one of my references, making butterfly ID easy. I suspect climate change will push the range of many other butterfly sp. further south. I was very surprised to see this Pale Triangle here, as the only other place I have seen and photographed one was in Kakadu NP!

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