Synonyms

This species was previously classified as Papilio fuscus capaneus.

Other Common Names

Fuscous Swallowtail

Notes

I saw a number of Swallowtails on my first trip to Cairns, though I had no idea how many of them were of this species as I rarely saw any of them settled. I was fortunate to get photos of one specimen – it landed for a minute on some shrubs at the side of a path. It probably needed a rest as it had suffered substantial wing damage. Over the years, on many trips to Cairns, I saw plenty of these butterflies around but they never settled for long enough to allow me to take photos, until I finally found a helpful individual in February 2020.

Sightings

Cairns – January 2009, April 2011, September 2012, February 2020

Links

• The Butterflies of Australia, Their Identification, Biology and Distribution by Michael F. Braby
• Australian Faunal Directory
• Atlas of Living Australia
• Don Herbison-Evans’ Butterflies of Australia
• Bob’s Butterflies by Bob Miller
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility
• Australian Nature Photography by Deane Lewis
• Brisbane Butterflies
• Butterflies and Other Invertebrates
• Wikipedia
• Phylogeny and relationships of the Papilio fuscus group of Swallowtails (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) by David Hancock

• A comprehensive phylogeny and revised taxonomy illuminate the origin and diversification of the global radiation of Papilio (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae)