Lesser Wanderer Caterpillar
Photo from Jenni Jellyman
Danaus chrysippus petilia (Stoll)
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Size range
- Up to 40mm long.
Distribution
- Common from Africa to Australia and some Pacific Islands
- Sometimes seen in New Zealand in mid–late summer
Life History
- Food plant is swan plant
- Sometimes breeds in New Zealand
