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FAMILY PAPILIONIDAE
- This page contains information
and pictures about Fuscous Swallowtail Butterflies that we found in
the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They also commonly known as Northern Citrus
Butterfly or Canopus
Butterfly.
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 - Wing span
140mm
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- We saw this
Fuscous Swallowtail in Botanic Garden on Feb 2010. It was laying eggs on the
Citrus plants. It suddenly appeared, landed on different plants, flied away
after we took a few photos. It laid eggs on the new shots of those
plants.
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- The butterfly is
easily mistaken as Orchard Swallowtail but can
be distinguished by its "tail". Their caterpillars look
similar. The
Fuscous Swallowtail is less common than the Orchard Swallowtail in
Brisbane. We saw them only a few times.
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- We saw this
butterfly on the hill top of Anstead Forest too on Feb 2010, but could not
take any photos.
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- Reference:
- 1. Create
More Butterflies - by Frank Jordan and Helen Schwencke,
Earthling Enterprises, 2005, p20.
- 2. Australian Butterflies - Charles McCubbin, Nelson, Sydney, 1971.
p140.
- 3. The Complete
Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby,
Australian National University, CSIRO 2004, p120.
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