Field, Ashley Raymond (2017) Arrival of Tawny Coster butterflies on the East Australian Coast coinciding with the winds of Tropical Cyclone Debbie. North Queensland Naturalist, 47. pp. 28-31.

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Abstract

Acraea terpiscore, the Tawny Coster butterfly was first observed on the east coast of Australia in Cairns on the 27th March, 2017. It arrived in large numbers as scattered southwesterly to southeasterly migration over Trinity Bay on hot prevailing winds drawn by Tropical Cyclone Debbie. Migration rates were concentrated on the first day of arrival and decreased as the butterflies dispersed or continued migrating. The expansion of A. terpiscore from near Darwin to Cairns yields a revised estimate of their rate of expansion at 334 km year-1.

Item ID:	50191
Item Type:	Article (Scholarly Work)
Keywords:	Acraea terpiscore, Tawny Coster butterfly, Cairns, Australia, Trinity Bay, Tropical Cyclone Debbie, migration
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Date Deposited:	06 Feb 2018 04:02
FoR Codes:	06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0602 Ecology > 060208 Terrestrial Ecology @ 50% 06 BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES > 0603 Evolutionary Biology > 060301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy @ 50%
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