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Richmond Birdwing Butterfly
''Ornithoptera richmondia'', the Richmond birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly that is endemic to Australia. It is the second smallest of the birdwing species, the smallest being ''Ornithoptera meridionalis''. Distribution Historically, ''O. richmondia'' is recorded from rainforests southwards from Maryborough, Queensland, Maryborough to the Clarence River (New South Wales), Clarence River in New South Wales. Due to widespread habitat loss throughout its range, its distribution is much more restricted, especially in Queensland. Its present-day range is from Kin Kin, Queensland, Kin Kin and Pomona, Queensland, Pomona, North Arm, Queensland, North Arm, Yandina, Queensland, Yandina, Coolum (although this population is now extinct due to drought), Parklands, Queensland, Parklands and Nambour, Queensland, Nambour, Diddillibah, Queensland, Diddillibah, Buderim, Eudlo, Queensland, Eudlo, Palmwoods, Queensland, Palmwoods, the Mooloolah Valley, Queensland, Mooloolah and Diamond Val ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Robert Gray
George Robert Gray FRS (8 July 1808 – 6 May 1872) was an English zoologist and author, and head of the ornithological section of the British Museum, now the Natural History Museum, in London for forty-one years. He was the younger brother of the zoologist John Edward Gray and the son of the botanist Samuel Frederick Gray. George Gray's most important publication was his ''Genera of Birds'' (1844–49), illustrated by David William Mitchell and Joseph Wolf, which included 46,000 references. Biography He was born in Little Chelsea, London, to Samuel Frederick Gray, naturalist and pharmacologist, and Elizabeth (née Forfeit), his wife. He was educated at Merchant Taylor's School. Gray started at the British Museum as Assistant Keeper of the Zoology Branch in 1831. He began by cataloguing insects, and published an ''Entomology of Australia'' (1833) and contributed the entomogical section to an English edition of Georges Cuvier's ''Animal Kingdom''. Gray described many spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
