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green birdwing, australian birdwing

Ornithoptera Priamus poseidon / teucrus

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Field Notes

Habitat:

rain forest, sentosa island, insect kingdom

Notes:

young butterfly, still drying up before the first flight

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (10)
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
sadly, there are artworks like those in china and vietnam too, but I think, they use the wing of the dead ones - at least I hope so.
Dan Doucette
Interesting site. I do like the look of framed butterflies but I have mixed feelings about it. I was in a market in Cameroon and saw a framed piece of art meant to look like a landscape. As I got closer and really looked at it, I could see that the whole thing was made of butterfly wings!
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
Oh, that´s cool! I think I just stumbled upon it by accident http://www.butterflyutopia.com/priamus_poseidon.html
Dan Doucette
Glad you ID'd it as a birdwing. This spotting now makes 3 species of birdwings on Noah. Search in Organisms to see the other 2 if you're interested ( one of them is my spotting!)
Dragoon
It's definitely a birdwing, uncertain of the specific species.
Dan Doucette
this site might help http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/index.htm

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PublishedMay 25, 2011

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