Narrative

Birdwings (Ornithoptera Group) contain the largest and most spectacular species of butterflies. They are considered a very primitive group of swallowtails. Because of their great size and bold colors, many of the forms are frequently used in decorative projects. The Ornithoptera group is found from India through the Malay area through Indonesia to New Guinea and north Australia. No species in this group is found in Africa or the New World.

The following is a list of the species in this group (an * indicates that this species is pictured):

SPECIES - - - - - LOCATION
Aetheoptera alexandrae - East New Guinea
Aetheoptera victoriae* - Solomon Islands
Ornithoptera aeasacus* - Obi Isle
Ornithoptera allotei* - Solomon Islands
Ornithoptera croessus* - Halmahera, etcetera
Ornithoptera goliath* - New Guinea, etcetera
Ornithoptera meridionalis* - New Guinea
Ornithoptera paradisea* - New Guinea
Ornithoptera priamus* - New Guinea, Solomons, etc.
Ornithoptera rothschildi* - Arfak
Ornithoptera tithonus* - New Guinea
Trogonoptera brookiana* - Malaysia, etcetera
Trogonoptera trojana* - Palawan
Troides aeacus* - India, Malay, China
Troides amphrysus* - Malaysia, etcetera
Troides andromache* - Borneo
Troides criton* - Indonesia, New Guinea
Troides cuneifera* - Java and Malaysia
Troides darsius* - Ceylon
Troides haliphron* - Celebes

Troides helena* - India, Malay, etcetera
Troides hypolitus* - Celebes, etcetera
Troides magellanus* - North Philippines and Taiwan
Troides minos - West and southwest India
Troides miranda* - Sumatra
Troides oblongomaculatus* - New Guinea, etcetera
Troides plato* - - Timor
Troides prattorum* Buru
Troides rhadamanthus* - Philippines
Troides (rhadamanthus) plateni* - Palawan
Troides (rhadamanthus) dohertyi* - Indonesia
Troides riedeli* - Tanimbar
Troides staudingeri - Babar (east of Timor)
Troides vanderpoli* - Northwest Java and west Sum.

Taxonomy

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