Richmond birdwing | |
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Live male specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Ornithoptera |
Species: | O. richmondia
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Binomial name | |
Ornithoptera richmondia (Gray, 1853)
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Distribution of Ornithoptera richmondia (in purple) and other species of Ornithoptera in Australia | |
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Ornithoptera richmondia, the Richmond birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly that is endemic to Australia. It is the second smallest of the birdwing species, the smallest being Ornithoptera meridionalis.