| Lesser wanderer | |
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| Scientific Name | Danaus petilia |
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| Describer | |
| Kingdom | animalia |
| Class | Unknown |
| Order | lepidoptera |
| Family | nymphalidae |
| Distribution | australia |
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The Lesser Wanderer is a medium sized butterfly. They are sometimes seen flying solely across the bushes on a sunny day. They look similar to the Wanderer Butterfly, with orange colour wings and dark edge, but they also have larger white pattern on their forewings. Same as the Wanderer, Lesser Wanderer caterpillars also feed on milkweed plants.
underside
pinned specimen
life cycle[]
catterpillar
pupa
similar species[]
this species is very similar to danaus gilipus and danaus chrysippus.
| Genus Danaus |
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| Known species
Danaus affinis - Danaus chrysippus - Danaus cleophile - Danaus dorippus - Danaus eresimus - Danaus erippus - Danaus genutia - Danaus gilippus - Danaus ismare - Danaus melanippus- Danaus petilia - Danaus plexippus - |