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Species profile—Ornithoptera priamus (New Guinea birdwing)

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Papilionidae (swallowtails) → Ornithoptera priamus (New Guinea birdwing)

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Papilionidae (swallowtails)
Scientific name
Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common name
New Guinea birdwing
WildNet taxon ID
19958
Alternate name(s)
northern birdwing
Priam's birdwing
Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
Least concern
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil

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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=19958.

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
8 March 2022