Ornithoptera aesacus | |
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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.