Ornithoptera
| Ornithoptera | |
|---|---|
.jpg)
| |
| 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 | |
Ornithoptera is a genus of
Goliath birdwing. Ornithoptera species are highly prized by insect collectors because they are rare, large, and considered exceptionally beautiful.[2][3]
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 – common green birdwing
- Ornithoptera richmondia – Richmond birdwing
- subgenus: Schoenbergia
- Ornithoptera chimaera – chimaera birdwing
- Ornithoptera goliath – Goliath birdwing
- Ornithoptera meridionalis – southern tailed birdwing
- Ornithoptera paradisea – paradise birdwing
- Ornithoptera rothschildi– Rothschild's birdwing
- Ornithoptera tithonus – Tithonus birdwing
- subgenus: Straatmana
- Ornithoptera alexandrae – Queen Alexandra's birdwing
References
- ^ 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?