Ornithoptera croesus

Wallace's golden birdwing
Male
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species:
O. croesus
Binomial name
Ornithoptera croesus

Ornithoptera croesus, the Wallace's golden birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in northern Maluku in Indonesia.

It is a member of the Ornithoptera priamus species group which, including croesus, is only found east of the Wallace Line. The larval food plants are species of the genus Pararistolochia. Matsuka (2001) illustrates the early stages (from N. Maluku; see also Igarashi, 1979).

  1. ^ Böhm, M. (2018). "Ornithoptera croesus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T15517A727365. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T15517A727365.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  3. ^ Wallace, Alfred R. (1859). "Exhibitions". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of London, 1858-1859: 70.