Purple Crow Euploea tulliolus
Wingspan: 56 - 60mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec 2020
Distribution: From the tip of CYP through coastal Queensland south to Urunga on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: rare
NOTE: Similar species: Euploea darchia darchia is similar in size to E. tulliolus. They are the smallest of the Australian Euploea species.
Wingspan: 56 - 60mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec 2020
Distribution: From the tip of CYP through coastal Queensland south to Urunga on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: rare
NOTE: Similar species: Euploea darchia darchia is similar in size to E. tulliolus. They are the smallest of the Australian Euploea species.
Purple Crow Euploea tulliolus
Wingspan: 56 - 60mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec 2020
Distribution: From the tip of CYP through coastal Queensland south to Urunga on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: rare
NOTE: Similar species: Euploea darchia darchia is similar in size to E. tulliolus. They are the smallest of the Australian Euploea species.
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Garden flowers close to rainforest edge.
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: No
Flight habit: Thought to be throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 08/12/2020
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 08/12/2020
Wingspan: 56 - 60mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: Dec 2020
Distribution: From the tip of CYP through coastal Queensland south to Urunga on the NSW Mid North Coast.
Status Claire Cottage: rare
Status Dorrigo Plateau: rare
NOTE: Similar species: Euploea darchia darchia is similar in size to E. tulliolus. They are the smallest of the Australian Euploea species.
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Dec 2020,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: Apr 2021 (Bellingen Island).
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date (feeds on new soft leaves of its single foodplant).
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: We have not located the only known larval foodplant on this property.
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: MORACEAE - Trophis scandens (found around the top end and south down the east coast almost to VIC),
Habitat where found at Claire Cottage: Garden flowers close to rainforest edge.
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: No
Flight habit: Thought to be throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 08/12/2020
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 08/12/2020