Belenois java

Caper White at Black Range, NSW

Belenois java at Black Range, NSW - 28 Oct 2020 01:40 PM
Belenois java at Black Range, NSW - 28 Oct 2020 01:40 PM
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Belenois java 28 Oct 2020 MatthewHiggins

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JackieMiles wrote:
   29 Oct 2020
A male. We are seeing them at Brogo too, unusually. Our butterfly book mentions their larval food plants as being a whole bunch of trees or shrubs that don't occur on the south coast, so their breeding prospects round here seem very slim.

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Species information

  • Belenois java Scientific name
  • Caper White Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1730m Recorded at altitude
  • 343 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
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