Ornithoptera spp. (top left: male O. priamus caelestis; top right: male O. euphorion; bottom left: male O. goliath atlas; bottom right: female O. goliath atlas)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Papilionidae
Tribe:
Troidini
Genus:
Ornithoptera Boisduval, 1832
Type species
Papilio priamus
Linnaeus, 1758[1]
Ornithoptera is a genus of birdwing butterflies found in the northern portion of the Australasian realm, east of Weber's line; the Moluccas, New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, and northeastern Australia; except for Ornithoptera richmondia, which may be found in far northeastern New South Wales, Australia, therefore the southernmost distribution of birdwings. This genus includes the two largest butterfly species in the world, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing and the Goliath birdwing. Ornithoptera species are highly prized by insect collectors because they are rare, large, and considered exceptionally beautiful.[2][3]
^Ornithoptera at Butterflies and Moths of the World, Natural History Museum
^Wallace, Alfred Russel (1869). The Malay Archipelago Vol. 1. London: Macmillan and Co. Retrieved 9 June 2021. …Ornithoptera, the largest, the most perfect, and the most beautiful of butterflies.
^Wallace, Alfred Russel (1859). "Exhibitions". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1858-1859: 70. Is it, I think, the finest of the Ornithoptera, and consequently the finest butterfly in the world?
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