Lepidoptera: Papilionidae

Graphium macleayanum  

Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanum)
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© Vik Dunis 2014
Baw Baw National Park, VIC (Feb, 2014)
Common Names
  • Green Fanny
  • Macleay's Swallowtail

A couple of hours after watching a Macleay's Swallowtail persistently patrolling its patch without appearing to rest, we came across another.

This one was feeding and slightly easier to photograph as it paused for a second or two at each bloom.

Here it has its proboscis inserted into a Trigger plant flower (Stylidium graminfolium).

Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanum)

Green Fanny

Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanum)

Macleay's Swallowtail Feeding

Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanum)

Macleay's Swallowtail in flight

Macleay's Swallowtail (Graphium macleayanum)

Green Fanny