Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia (formerly D. chrysippus petilia)
Wingspan: 60mm
Sighted: December - August
Wingspan: 60mm
Sighted: December - August
Lesser Wanderer Danaus petilia (formerly D. chrysippus petilia)
Wingspan: 60mm
Sighted: December - May
Distribution: Australia wide
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be December to May
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Habitat: Wide variety of habitats across much of Australia
Items of Interest:
Last autumn/winter season sighting in 2019: 08/05/19; in 2020 01/07/20
Wingspan: 60mm
Sighted: December - May
Distribution: Australia wide
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE:
- Nov 2022,
- Dec 2008, 2010;
- Jan 2001, 2002; 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012,
- Feb 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008; 2010, 2020;
- Mar 2013, 2020;
- Apr 2013 (2);
- May 2012, 2013, 2019;
- June 2020;
- July 2020;
- Aug 2020;
- Elsewhere on DORRIGO PLATEAU: Occasional sightings.
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE:
- Elsewhere on DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
Larval food plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Asclepiadaceae: Marsdenia rostrata (Common Milk Vine)
- Elsewhere on DORRIGO PLATEAU: (as for Claire Cottage plus) Apocynaceae: *Asclepias curassavica (Red Cotton Bush), *Gomphocarpus physocarpus (Milkweed-Balloon Cotton Bush),
- ELSEWHERE: (as for Dorrigo Plateau plus) Apocynaceae: Cynanchum carnosum (Mangrove Milk Vine),
Breeding season on the Dorrigo Plateau: Thought to be December to May
Status Dorrigo Plateau: uncommon
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Habitat: Wide variety of habitats across much of Australia
Items of Interest:
Last autumn/winter season sighting in 2019: 08/05/19; in 2020 01/07/20