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Queen Victoria's Birdwing

Ornithoptera victoriae

Classification

Class
Insecta

Ornithoptera victoriae, the Queen Victoria's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae, found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island only). What was originally described as Ornithoptera allotei, is a natural hybrid between Ornithoptera victoriae and Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus. History The Queen Victoria's birdwing was described in 1856 by George Robert Gray.

Distribution

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