Catopsilia scylla (Orange Migrant)
28/04/2023
Smithfield Conservation Park, Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
06/04/2024
East Point, Darwin
06/04/2024
East Point, Darwin
06/04/2024
East Point, Darwin
30/05/2010
Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
30/05/2010
Cairns
22/04/2023
Cairns
22/04/2023
Cairns
22/04/2023
Cairns
Other Common names
Orange Emigrant
Notes
I’d never seen this species in the wild, despite visiting Cairns 3 times, so I went to the butterfly house at the Sydney Wildlife World at Darling Harbour, and saw them there instead.
I finally got non-butterfly house shots in May 2010.
Sightings
Cairns – May 2010, April 2023
Darwin – April 2024
Links
- The Complete Field Guide to Australian Butterflies (2nd edition) by Michael F. Braby
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Bob’s Butterflies
- South Australian Butterflies & Moths
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility
- Australian Nature Photography
- Butterflies and Other Invertebrates
- Wikipedia
- Australian Butterfly Conservation (Facebook)