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Ornithoptera
''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 stunningly beautiful, arguably the most beautiful butterflies in the world. Species : subgenus: ''Aetheoptera'' ::* '' Ornithoptera victoriae'' – Queen Victoria's birdwing : subgenus: ''Ornithoptera'' ::* '' Ornithoptera aesacus'' – Obi Island birdwing ::* '' Ornithoptera croesus'' – Wallace's golden birdwing ::* '' Ornithoptera euphorion'' – Cairns birdwing ::* '' Ornithoptera priamus'' – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Birdwing
Birdwings are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ''Trogonoptera'', ''Troides'', and ''Ornithoptera''. Most recent authorities recognise 36 species, however, this is debated, and some authorities include additional genera. Birdwings are named for their exceptional size, angular wings, and birdlike flight. They are found across tropical Asia, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Included among the birdwings are some of the largest butterflies in the world: the largest, Queen Alexandra's birdwing; the second largest, the Goliath birdwing; the largest butterfly endemic to Australia, the Cairns birdwing; and the largest butterfly in India, the southern birdwing. Another well-known species is Rajah Brooke's birdwing, a particularly attractive species named after Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of 19th-century Sarawak. Due to their size and brightly coloured males, they are popular among collectors of butterflies, but all b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Priamus
''Ornithoptera priamus'', the common green birdwing, Cape York birdwing, Priam's birdwing, northern birdwing or New Guinea birdwing is a widespread species of birdwing butterfly found in the central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and north-east Australia. The specific name of ''Ornithoptera priamus'', is named after Priam (/ˈpraɪ.əm/, Greek Πρίαμος Priamos), the king of Troy during the Trojan War. Description ''Ornithoptera priamus'' is sexually dimorphic. Male: The upperside forewings are velvety black. There is a green (most races) subcostal stripe and a green (most subspecies) marginal stripe bordering the termen, tormen and dorsum of the wing. The sex brand is black and longish. The underside of the forewing is black. There is a chain of bluish or green postdiscal spots. The hindwings are green. At the wing's leading edge (costa) there are basal yellow-gold spots. There is also a postdiscal chain of black spots. The edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Papilio Priamus
''Ornithoptera priamus'', the common green birdwing, Cape York birdwing, Priam's birdwing, northern birdwing or New Guinea birdwing is a widespread species of birdwing butterfly found in the central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and north-east Australia. The specific name of ''Ornithoptera priamus'', is named after Priam (/ˈpraɪ.əm/, Greek Πρίαμος Priamos), the king of Troy during the Trojan War. Description ''Ornithoptera priamus'' is sexually dimorphic. Male: The upperside forewings are velvety black. There is a green (most races) subcostal stripe and a green (most subspecies) marginal stripe bordering the termen, tormen and dorsum of the wing. The sex brand is black and longish. The underside of the forewing is black. There is a chain of bluish or green postdiscal spots. The hindwings are green. At the wing's leading edge (costa) there are basal yellow-gold spots. There is also a postdiscal chain of black spots. The edge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Paradisea
''Ornithoptera paradisea'', the paradise birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea. History Arnold Pagenstecher and Staudinger both described this butterfly, under different names and the first description by Staudinger was based on a manuscript sent to him by Pagenstecher who possessed specimens from the collection of D. Wolf von Schönberg in Naumburg who had acquired them from a colonist in the then German New Guinea. Pagenstecher's name is ''Schoenbergia schoenbergi'' and the year of publication also 1893. Robert Henry Fernando Rippon in his illustrated monograph ''Icones Ornithopterorum'' (1898 to 1906) attributes the name ''paradisea'' to both entomologists i.e. as ''Ornithoptera paradisea'' Pagenstecher and Staudinger. The holotype is held by Zoologische Staatssammlung Münchenbr>which also holds the type of ''Ornithoptera schoenbergi'' Pagenstecher. The type locality is the Finisterre Range, New Guinea. The specific epithet ''paradisea'', is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goliath Birdwing
''Ornithoptera goliath'', the Goliath birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea. It is the second largest butterfly in the world, after the Queen Alexandra's birdwing. Etymology Both the specific and vernacular name are named after Goliath, the biblical giant famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel. The subspecific names ''atlas'', ''titan'' and ''samson'' refer to other giants namely Atlas, Titan and Samson. Description ''Ornithoptera goliath'' is strongly sexually dimorphic. ''Ornithoptera goliath'' has a wingspan up to . This makes it the world's second largest butterfly. The African giant swallowtail reaches an almost equal wingspan. Male. The Goliath birdwing's forewings are black. The costal edge is green and beyond the medium black bar is a large green triangle which reaches the dorsum but not the black ternum. The underside is greenish yellow and greenish. The veins are black and there is a black border. The outer cells ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Goliath
''Ornithoptera goliath'', the Goliath birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea. It is the second largest butterfly in the world, after the Queen Alexandra's birdwing. Etymology Both the specific and vernacular name are named after Goliath, the biblical giant famous for his combat with the young David, the future king of Israel. The subspecific names ''atlas'', ''titan'' and ''samson'' refer to other giants namely Atlas, Titan and Samson. Description ''Ornithoptera goliath'' is strongly sexually dimorphic. ''Ornithoptera goliath'' has a wingspan up to . This makes it the world's second largest butterfly. The African giant swallowtail reaches an almost equal wingspan. Male. The Goliath birdwing's forewings are black. The costal edge is green and beyond the medium black bar is a large green triangle which reaches the dorsum but not the black ternum. The underside is greenish yellow and greenish. The veins are black and there is a black border. The outer cells ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Victoriae
''Ornithoptera victoriae'', the Queen Victoria's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae, found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island only). What was originally described as '' Ornithoptera allotei'', is a natural hybrid between ''Ornithoptera victoriae'' and '' Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus''. History The Queen Victoria's birdwing was described in 1856 by George Robert Gray. Both the scientific and vernacular names were named in honour of Queen Victoria. The holotype now resides in the Natural History Museum, London. Description Wingspan: 150–180 mm Male: The forewings are black. Next to the wing tip there is a large, green spot. There is a green area around the thorax. The underside of ''Ornithoptera victoriae'' is black. The green spot and the green area are combined. At the wing leading edge there is a large black spot. The veins are black. The hindwings are green. The edge of wing is black. At the outer edge there ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Meridionalis
''Ornithoptera meridionalis'', the southern tailed birdwing, is the smallest species of the genus ''Ornithoptera''. It is known from a handful of localities in southeast Papua, New Guinea (''O. meridionalis meridionalis'') and several localities along the south coast of Irian Jaya (''O. meridionalis tarunggarensis''). The specific ephiphet ''meridionalis'', means southern. History ''O. meridionalis'' was first collected by Albert Stewart Meek near Samarai, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The holotype is a female held in the British Museum (Natural History) collection. Meek was funded in his expeditions by the scientific author of this species, Lord Walter Rothschild. Distribution and habitat It is strictly a lowland species, favouring primary rainforest. A very few specimens have also been collected at altitude in Irian Jaya by Jan Pasternak, however these specimens were reared from immature stages and emerged crippled (Deslisle, 2004), suggesting that high altitude fore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Chimaera
''Ornithoptera chimaera'', the chimaera birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family (biology), family Papilionidae. It is found in mountain areas of New Guinea, 1000 meters above sea level. The "chimaera" portion of both the scientific and vernacular name, is named after the Chimera (mythology), Chimaera, Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, a creature in Greek mythology, composed of parts of three animals. Description ''Ornithoptera chimaera'' is Sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic. The wingspan is 80–180 mm in females and 70–150 mm in males. Male: The forewings are ground colour black. There are two green areas. The underside of the forewing is green. The margin of the wing is black. The veins are black. There is a chain of little postdiscal internervular black spots on the wing. The hindwing inner part and the edge are black. The other part of the wing is green and contains some large, golden spots and two or more black spots. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Croesus
''Ornithoptera croesus'', the Wallace's golden birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in northern Maluku Islands, Maluku in Indonesia. It is a member of the ''Ornithoptera priamus'' species group which, including ''croesus'', is only found east of the Wallace Line. The larval food plants are species of the genus ''Pararistolochia''. Matsuka (2001) illustrates the early stages (from N. Maluku; see also Igarashi, 1979). History The "Wallace" in the common name, Wallace's golden birdwing, refers to Alfred Russel Wallace who described the species in 1859. Wallace recounts his capture of the butterfly in his book ''The Malay Archipelago'' (1869): "The beauty and brilliancy of this insect are indescribable, and none but a naturalist can understand the intense excitement I experienced when I at length captured it. On taking it out of my net and opening the glorious wings, my heart began to beat violently, the blood rushed to my head, and I felt much more like fainting than I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Rothschildi
Rothschild's birdwing (''Ornithoptera rothschildi'') is a large birdwing butterfly, endemic to the Arfak Mountains in Western New Guinea. What was originally described as ''Ornithoptera akakeae'', is a supposed natural hybrid between ''Ornithoptera rothschildi'' and ''Ornithoptera priamus poseidon''. History This species was first recognized by entomologist Charles Edgar Pratt and described by George Kenrick in 1911. It was named in honour of Lord Walter Rothschild who financed most of the expeditions of the naturalist Antwerp Edgar Pratt (1850-1924) and his two sons, Carl Brenders Pratt and Felix Biet Pratt, to British New Guinea from 1902–1903 and to the Arfak Mountains of Dutch New Guinea from 1909–1910. Description The females can reach a wingspan up to . The forewings are dark brown to blackish brown with creamy white to greyish spots. The hindwings rimmed with black scales and have a central patch of golden with black tips. The abdomen has hairy black rings. The win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornithoptera Tithonus
''Ornithoptera tithonus'', the Tithonus birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found on New Guinea and other neighbouring islands. ''Ornithoptera tithonus'' is, like all other birdwing butterflies, a strictly protected species. It is listed in Appendix II of CITES, restricting international export to those who have been granted a permit. Subspecies There are seven recognised subspecies: *''O. t. cytherea'' (Kobayashi & Koiwaya, 1980) *''O. t. dominici'' Schäffler, 2001 *''O. t. makikoae'' Morita, 1998 *''O. t. misoolana'' (Deslisle, 1985) *''O. t. misresiana'' (Joicey & Noakes, 1916) *''O. t. tithonus'' De Haan, 1841 *''O. t. waigeuensis'' Rothschild, 1897 Description Male: The forewings are black. At the wing tip there is a green stripe and one golden spot. In the middle of the wing there is a large, green band. The rear edge is green. The underside of ''Ornithoptera tithonus'' is black. At the outer edge and in the middle of the wing there is green area. The veins are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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