Ornithoptera meridionalis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Ornithoptera
- Species
- Ornithoptera meridionalis
- Scientific Name
- Ornithoptera meridionalis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Ornithoptera meridionalis
Ornithoptera meridionalis, the southern tailed birdwing, is the smallest species of the genus Ornithoptera. It is known from a handful of localities in southeast Papua, New Guinea (O. meridionalis meridionalis) and several localities along the south coast of Irian Jaya (O. meridionalis tarunggarensis).
The specific ephiphet meridionalis, means southern.
...Ornithoptera meridionalis in languages:
- English
- Southern Tailed Birdwing