Swamp Tiger (Black & White Tiger) Danaus affinis affinis
Wingspan: 62 - 65mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: February
Note: Approx one dozen sighted at Urunga beside the lagoon in August 2020.
There are two subspecies Danaus affinis affinis (found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to southern NSW) and Danaus affinis gelanor (found in the Torres Strait Islands).
Distribution: Found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to Sydney NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
Similar species: None.
Wingspan: 62 - 65mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: February
Note: Approx one dozen sighted at Urunga beside the lagoon in August 2020.
There are two subspecies Danaus affinis affinis (found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to southern NSW) and Danaus affinis gelanor (found in the Torres Strait Islands).
Distribution: Found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to Sydney NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
Similar species: None.
Swamp Tiger feeding on Verbena in our garden, Dorrigo Plateau NSW, 6 Feb 2011
A rare visitor to our garden. A coastal butterfly. We have found the Swamp Tiger breeding at Urunga beside the coastal boardwalk where its food plant Cynanchum carnosum, a scrambling vine, grows on a sandy wetland immediately behind the sand dunes. This breeding site is approximately 40 km from our property. The Black and White Tiger appears to stay near the coast mostly in the vicinity of its food plant but butterflies sometimes get blown off-course by strong coastal winds and the one above was photographed on our property, over 50 k from its breeding colony and 800 metres higher on the Dorrigo Plateau.
Young larva at Urunga on Cynanchum carnosum
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Swamp Tiger larva at Urunga on its foodplant
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C. carnosum flowering at Urunga
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C. carnosum scrambling on sedges, Urunga
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Swamp Tiger nectaring on Cassytha sp on the Salt Marshes at Urunga NSW, 6 Dec 2018
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Even though the flowers on Cassytha are tiny they provide nectar, Urunga NSW, 6 Dec 2018
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Swamp Tiger at Urunga
Flowers on the noxious weed, Bitou Bush, at Urunga provide nectar for a butterfly
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We have seen butterflies caught in the swift estuarine current but this one escaped
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This Swamp Tiger was high up a tree at North Haven near Laurieton.
The foodplant was quite prolific beside the estuary
wamp Tiger (Black & White Tiger) Danaus affinis affinis
Wingspan: 62 - 65mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: February 2011
Note: Approx one dozen sighted at Urunga beside the lagoon in August 2020.
There are two subspecies Danaus affinis affinis (found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to southern NSW) and Danaus affinis gelanor (found in the Torres Strait Islands).
Distribution: Found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to Sydney NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
Similar species: None.
Butterfly Sightings:
Larva Sightings:
Larval Food Plants:
Habitat where adult found at Claire Cottage: Flower Garden and Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: No
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 06/02/2011
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 06/02/2011
Wingspan: 62 - 65mm
Sighted Claire Cottage: February 2011
Note: Approx one dozen sighted at Urunga beside the lagoon in August 2020.
There are two subspecies Danaus affinis affinis (found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to southern NSW) and Danaus affinis gelanor (found in the Torres Strait Islands).
Distribution: Found in northern WA, northern NT, CYP and most of eastern QLD, and eastern NSW south to Sydney NSW.
Status Claire Cottage: rare,
Status Dorrigo Plateau: thought to be rare
Similar species: None.
Butterfly Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: Feb 2011,
- DORRIGO PLATEAU None to date
Larva Sightings:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None to date
- DORRIGO PLATEAU elsewhere: None to date
Larval Food Plants:
- CLAIRE COTTAGE: None
- DORRIGO PLATEAU None
- ELSEWHERE: APOCYNACEAE - Cynanchum carnosum (which grows in coastal salt marshes and mangrove swamps, NSW), Cynanchum ovalifolium (in QLD), Marsdenia viridiflora (Occurs in WA, NT, CYP, NEQ and CEQ.) Sarcolobus hullsii (in NT. & CYP),
Habitat where adult found at Claire Cottage: Flower Garden and Rainforest edge
Thought to be breeding at Claire Cottage: No
Flight habit: Throughout the day.
First warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 06/02/2011
Last warm season sighting - Claire Cottage: 06/02/2011
