Southern Pearl-white Elodina angulipennis
Wingspan: 37-38 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: September, October & February
Distribution: S.E. QLD, N.E. NSW south to Sydney
Wingspan: 37-38 mm
Sighted at Claire Cottage: September, October & February
Distribution: S.E. QLD, N.E. NSW south to Sydney
Southern Pearl-white visiting our Dorrigo garden, 23 Feb 2006 5.06 pm
Southern Pearl White, Elodina angulipennis, Forestville, Sydney, 27 Mar 2021, 5.08 pm
Southern Pearl White, Elodina angulipennis, Forestville, Sydney 28 Mar 2021 11.17am
Southern Pearl White, Elodina angulipennis, Forestville, Sydney 28 Mar 2021 11.16am
A mating pair, Forestville Sydney, 29 Mar 2021 1.51 pm
A male in flight approaching a female in Forestville, Sydney, 14 Jun 2011, 11.08 pm
Southern Pearl-white, Forestville, Sydney, 14 Jun 2011 12.00 pm
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Female laying eggs on Capparis arborea, Forestville, Sydney, 14 Jun 2011 12.03 pm
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Southern Pearl White, Elodina angulipennis, Forestville 28 Mar 2021 5.17 am
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Southern Pearl White, Elodina angulipennis, Forestville 28 Mar 2021 5.06 am
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Cathedral Rocks National Park, northern NSW, 2 Dec 2014 3.14 pm
Southern Pearl-white larva in Forestville, Sybney, 20 Nov 2011
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Capparis arborea flower Forestville, Sydney (Photo Keith Deane))
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Egg, Forestville Sydney, 30 Mar 2021
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Eggs, Forestville Sydney, 30 Mar 2021
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Southern Pearl-white Elodina angulipennis
Wingspan: 37-38 mm
Distribution: S.E. QLD, N.E. NSW south to Sydney.
This butterfly is an infrequent visitor to our property.
Butterfly Sightings
* CLAIRE COTTAGE: : Sept 2006 (3) Oct 2005, 2006, 2011, 2018, 2019 Feb 2006, 2018;
* DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
* ELSEWHERE: Forestville, Sydney in Nov 2020, Mar 2021
Larva Sightings:
Egg Sightings:
Larval food plants:
Larval Food Plant experience: .
We planted 3 Capparis arborea in our previous garden in Forestville, Sydney in the 1980's & 1990's, they have grown in to large trees. We are attempting to grow them here also at a much higher altitude, 800 metres with very little success. C. arborea is however a slow growing tree at the best of times and appears even slower at altitude where it has to also contend with much colder winters and some heavy frost. Whilst 50% of our 6 Claire Cottage trees are still alive after 10 years they have proved extremely slow growing and we are unsure if they will develop further.
Butterflies that appear similar in flight: Two other Pearl-whites, Elodina parthia and Elodina padusa, may also be found on the Plateau. With similarity between these three Pearl Whites for correct identification a good photograph is necessary. Also Cabbage Whites can sometimes be a similar small size, they can be identified by the black spots on their forewings both upper and underside.
Colonising: Southern Pearl-whites took fifteen years to discover and then start a colony on the Capparis arborea trees we planted in our Forestville, Sydney garden. It was as if they wanted our trees to reach a certain maturity before they would deposit eggs on them. Prior to this colony establishing the only known Sydney colony was in the Sydney Botanical Gardens. Later another colony developed on a Capparis arborea planted in an Avalon, Sydney garden. Sadly because of Capparis arborea's slow growth on the Plateau we expect to be waiting a long time before seeing a colony develop on our Claire Cottage property trees. Adults flying in Forestville end November 2020.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: infrequently seen
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last autumn sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau: 00/02/18,
Wingspan: 37-38 mm
Distribution: S.E. QLD, N.E. NSW south to Sydney.
This butterfly is an infrequent visitor to our property.
Butterfly Sightings
* CLAIRE COTTAGE: : Sept 2006 (3) Oct 2005, 2006, 2011, 2018, 2019 Feb 2006, 2018;
* DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
* ELSEWHERE: Forestville, Sydney in Nov 2020, Mar 2021
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: Forestville, Sydney
Egg Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: None to date
- ELSEWHERE: Mar 2021, Forestville, Sydney
Larval food plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: CAPPARACEAE: Capparis arborea,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU: (as for Claire Cottage)
- ELSEWHERE: CAPPARACEAE: as for Claire Cottage plus, Capparis canescens, C. velutina
Larval Food Plant experience: .
We planted 3 Capparis arborea in our previous garden in Forestville, Sydney in the 1980's & 1990's, they have grown in to large trees. We are attempting to grow them here also at a much higher altitude, 800 metres with very little success. C. arborea is however a slow growing tree at the best of times and appears even slower at altitude where it has to also contend with much colder winters and some heavy frost. Whilst 50% of our 6 Claire Cottage trees are still alive after 10 years they have proved extremely slow growing and we are unsure if they will develop further.
Butterflies that appear similar in flight: Two other Pearl-whites, Elodina parthia and Elodina padusa, may also be found on the Plateau. With similarity between these three Pearl Whites for correct identification a good photograph is necessary. Also Cabbage Whites can sometimes be a similar small size, they can be identified by the black spots on their forewings both upper and underside.
Colonising: Southern Pearl-whites took fifteen years to discover and then start a colony on the Capparis arborea trees we planted in our Forestville, Sydney garden. It was as if they wanted our trees to reach a certain maturity before they would deposit eggs on them. Prior to this colony establishing the only known Sydney colony was in the Sydney Botanical Gardens. Later another colony developed on a Capparis arborea planted in an Avalon, Sydney garden. Sadly because of Capparis arborea's slow growth on the Plateau we expect to be waiting a long time before seeing a colony develop on our Claire Cottage property trees. Adults flying in Forestville end November 2020.
Status Dorrigo Plateau: infrequently seen
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
Last autumn sighting - Claire Cottage, Dorrigo Plateau: 00/02/18,