Ornithoptera chimaera

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Chimaera Birdwing

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Subfamily: Papilioninae
Tribe: Troidini
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species: O. chimaera
Binomial name
Ornithoptera chimaera
Rothschild, 1904


Ornithoptera chimaera is a birdwing butterfly found in mountain areas of New Guinea above 1000 metres.

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