Cairns Birdwing

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Cairn's Birdwing
Male Cairns Birdwing, Melbourne Zoo
Male Cairns Birdwing, Melbourne Zoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species: O. euphorion
Binomial name
Ornithoptera euphorion
(G.R. Gray 1852)
Female Cairns Birdwing, females lack the green colouration.
Female Cairns Birdwing, females lack the green colouration.

Cairns Birdwing Ornithoptera euphorion is a Birdwing butterfly of the Papilionidae family. It is Australia's largest butterfly, and is native to the tropical north of Queensland.

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