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Ornithoptera richmondia figs. 1 and 2 The plate accompanied Gray's original description. The female Ornithoptera euphorion below (fig. 3) is much larger.. O. richmondia has never received an official IUCN classification (Collins & Morris, 1985), however Sands & Scott (1997) regarded it to satisfy the "vulnerable" category because of habitat loss across its former range.
Ornithoptera, or the genus of birdwing butterflies, usually reproduce sexually and are oviparous. [9] In butterflies sex is determined by a WW/WZ system , with a heterogametic female, reverse of that found in mammals and many other insects, which have a heterogametic male. [ 10 ]
Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early morning.
Ornithoptera richmondia; Rothschild's birdwing; T. Ornithoptera tithonus; V. Ornithoptera victoriae This page was last edited on 16 June 2019, at 00:13 (UTC) ...
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 .
Diurnality, plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day and sleeping at night. Cathemeral, a classification of organisms with sporadic and random intervals of activity during the day or night. Matutinal, a classification of organisms that are only or primarily active in the pre-dawn hours or early night.
Cairns birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion): Australia's largest endemic butterfly. Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, the majority of which are continental species, and more than a dozen endemic species from remote islands administered by various Australian territorial governments.