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Ornithoptera chimaera, the chimaera birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the 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 Chimaera, Greek: Χίμαιρα, Khimaira, from χίμαρος, khimaros, a creature in Greek mythology, composed of parts of three animals.
subgenus: Ornithoptera. Ornithoptera aesacus – Obi Island birdwing; Ornithoptera croesus – Wallace's golden birdwing; Ornithoptera euphorion – Cairns birdwing; Ornithoptera priamus – common green birdwing; Ornithoptera richmondia – Richmond birdwing; subgenus: Schoenbergia. Ornithoptera chimaera – chimaera birdwing; 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.
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 .
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 birdwings genus Ornithoptera comprises some of the largest and most beautiful butterflies in the World. The genus is distributed over southern parts of Asia to Australia.
Ornithoptera goliath supremus Röber, 1896 Eastern New Guinea from N.E. Irian Jaya in the west, to the east of New Guinea and Goodenough Island; Ornithoptera goliath ukihidei Hanafusa, 1994 Yapen Island (off the north coast of Irian Jaya) Subspecies synonyms Ornithoptera goliath sorongensis Morita & Sugiyama, 1998 junior synonym of ssp. atlas ...
Ornithoptera paradisea chrysanthemum (Kobayashi & Koiwaya, 1979) Ornithoptera paradisea demeter (So & Sato, 1998) — type locality: Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Province, Lake Kutubu. Ornithoptera paradisea detanii Schäffler, 2001 — Sudirman Range; Ornithoptera paradisea flavescens Rothschild, 1897 — Etna Bay, probably lowland ...