Showing posts with label Chequered Swallowtail butterfly. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chequered Swallowtail butterfly. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Chequered Swallowtail

Another butterfly that was seen in large numbers at Bladensberg national park near the old homestead on a hedge (not sure exactly what plant species) and a large bougainvillea, was a Chequered Swallowtail.  We have also seen it at other places out Western Queensland so it seems to be a common species out here.




Brisbane Insects is the reference:

http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_butters/ChequeredSwallowtail.htm

We have a bougainvillea of the same colour in Chandler but I have not seen it attract this butterfly species