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Cairns Birdwing Butterfly

Ornithoptera euphorion

Photo by Steve A
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Cairns and surrounds

Notes:

I took this photo at a "butterfly farm". When I was up near Cairns I was lucky enough to see many of these beautiful butterflys - but they seldom stay still long enough to photograph!

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Cairns Birdwing

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TracyL
That is beautiful! thanks for sharing!

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PublishedJuly 12, 2011

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