| Cairns birdwing | |
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| Male at Melbourne Zoo | |
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| Female, ventral view | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoptera |
| Species: | O. euphorion
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoptera euphorion (Gray, 1852)
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| Distribution of Ornithoptera euphorion (in green) and other species of Ornithoptera in Australia | |
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Ornithoptera euphorion, the Cairns birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to Queensland, and is Australia's largest endemic butterfly species. Other common names include Cooktown birdwing and northern birdwing.[2] The names Cairns and Cooktown in its common name reference the Australian cities in the region where this butterfly is found.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Braby (2004) p. 124