Ornithoptera aesacus

Ornithoptera aesacus
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species: O. aesacus
Binomial name
Ornithoptera aesacus
Ney, 1903

Ornithoptera aesacus is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to Indonesia.

It is only found on the heavily logged island of Obi. It is seriously endangered but commercially bred.

References

External links