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- Tailed Emperor
  - Polyura pyrrhus, wingspan 80mm
- We found a green butterfly pupa in our backyard in late summer. We check
that this looked like a Tailed Emperor Butterfly pupa. However, about two
weeks later, we saw there are many holes on the pupa and more than 20 Chalcid Wasps
had came out from the pupa. Later, we found that the Tailed Emperor
Butterflies are easily be seen on top of White Hill. They rest on the top of
the trees, fly strong and high. Usually two males are seen chasing each other
high in the sky. The caterpillars are green in colour with four-horned head.
They feed on various species of Wattle.
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- Reference and Link:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p897.
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