Vindula arsinoe

Cruiser at Fitzroy Island, QLD

Vindula arsinoe at Fitzroy Island, QLD - 1 Apr 2023
Vindula arsinoe at Fitzroy Island, QLD - 1 Apr 2023
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Identification history

Vindula arsinoe 24 May 2023 Liam.m
Unidentified 8 Apr 2023 MatthewFrawley

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Large butterfly

3 comments

   8 Apr 2023
Perhaps the 'Orange Emperor' *Charaxes latona*.
Any more photographs please?
   8 Apr 2023
Sorry, this was the best I could do and these were taken from about 20 metres away.
   8 Apr 2023
Okay.
I suggest you check in this reference:

Sankowsky, Garry and Geoff Walker (2020)
A Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia:
Their Life Histories and Larval Host Plants.
New Holland Publishers.
Page: 140.

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Sighting information

Additional information

  • 50mm or larger Animal size
  • Unknown Gender
  • Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

  • Vindula arsinoe Scientific name
  • Cruiser Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 749.6m Recorded at altitude
  • Machine learning

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