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Species profile—Ornithoptera euphorion (Cairns birdwing)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Papilionidae (swallowtails) → Ornithoptera euphorion (Cairns birdwing)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Papilionidae (swallowtails)
Scientific name
Ornithoptera euphorion (Gray), 1853
Common name
Cairns birdwing
WildNet taxon ID
18477
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Back on Track (BoT) status
Low
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

Other resources

Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=18477

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
7 September 2021
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