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  2. Birdwing - Wikipedia

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    Troides plato – silver birdwing; Troides riedeli – Riedel's birdwing; Troides staudingeri; Troides vandepolli – van de Poll's birdwing; species group: Troides helena. Troides helena – common birdwing; Troides oblongomaculatus – oblong-spotted birdwing; genus: Trogonoptera. Trogonoptera brookiana – Rajah Brooke's birdwing ...

  3. Bird wing - Wikipedia

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    The skeleton of a bird wing. Places of attachment of various groups of flight feathers are indicated. The mute swan with outstretched wings Wing of the white-tailed eagle. Bird wings are a paired forelimb in birds. The wings give the birds the ability to fly, creating lift. Terrestrial flightless birds have reduced wings or none at all (for ...

  4. Queen Alexandra's birdwing - Wikipedia

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    Ornithoptera alexandrae, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing, is the largest species of butterfly in the world, with females reaching wingspans slightly in excess of 25 to 28 cm (10 to 11 in). [ 4 ] [ 5 ] This birdwing is restricted to the forests of the Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea .

  5. Troides helena - Wikipedia

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    Troides helena, the common birdwing, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is often found in the wildlife trade due to its popularity with butterfly collectors . The butterfly has seventeen subspecies.

  6. Troides aeacus - Wikipedia

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    Troides aeacus, the golden birdwing, is a large tropical butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, ... The underside of the wings is quite similar to the upside ...

  7. Troides minos - Wikipedia

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    Troides minos, the southern birdwing, [2] [3] also called Sahyadri birdwing, [4] is a large and striking species of swallowtail butterfly. It is endemic to southern India. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] With a wingspan of 140–190 mm, it is the second largest butterfly of India.

  8. Ornithoptera euphorion - Wikipedia

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    Ornithoptera euphorion, the Cairns birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to Queensland, and is Australia's largest endemic butterfly species. Other common names include Cooktown birdwing and northern birdwing. [2] The names Cairns and Cooktown in its common name reference the Australian cities in the region where this butterfly ...

  9. Ornithoptera paradisea - Wikipedia

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    Illustration of both males and females. Ornithoptera paradisea is a large butterfly with a wingspan ranging from 140 mm to 190 mm. As they are sexually dimorphic, males and females differ in the size, shape and colour of the wings.