Dainty Swallowtail
Larva, profile
Adelaide Hills
Caper White
Female, white body
 
                      
Dainty Swallowtail (Papilio anactus)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)
Family: Swallowtail Butterfly (Papilionoidea: Papilionidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Dainty Swallowtail (Papilio anactus)
This Photo:     🔍Larva, anterior🔎
Other name: Small Dingy Swallowtail

Thank you Jo Jo Swann for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains and possibly elsewhere
Thanks to Kally Pulsford for the use of her larva photo's

Copyright © 2023-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Mar-2023
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.