Ornithoptera paradisea (Staudinger 1893), or the paradise birdwing is a rare butterfly of Papua New Guinea. The wingspan of the butterfly is about 15 cm.
This beade butterfly is woven of 6 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758), or Priam’s Birdwing, is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy.
Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) was named in honour of d’Urville island where it was first found.
It inhabits New Ireland and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
The wingspan of the males is 14 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 5 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758), or the Cape York birdwing, or the Priam’s birdwing found in the central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and north-east Australia. The wingspan is about 12 cm.
The bead butterfly is woven of 8 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758), or Priam’s Birdwing, is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy. It inhabits Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
The species is very variable, it has of about a hundred subspecies. While the males of the subspecies are multicoloured and extremely different (blue, green, golden, sea-green), the females are more modest in colouring and sometimes look like other Ornithoptera females. But in wingspan the females are much larger than males, they are 20 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 5 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758) is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy.
Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) is also known as Common Green Birdwing, Cape York Birdwing, Priam’s Birdwing or Northern Birdwing. It inhabits central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and northeast Australia. The wingspan of the males is 14 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 5 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758) is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy.
Ornithoptera priamus poseidon (Doubleday, 1847) is also known as Common Green Birdwing, Cape York Birdwing, Priam’s Birdwing or Northern Birdwing. It inhabits central and south Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomon Islands, and northeast Australia. The wingspan of the males is 14 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 10 colours.
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Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758), or Priam’s Birdwing, is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy.
Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus (Guérin-Méneville, 1838) was named in honour of d’Urville island where it was first found.
It inhabits New Ireland and Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
The wingspan of the males is 14 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
The bead pattern is available at https://bead-patterns.com/beadpattern/butterfly-ornithoptera-priamus-urvillianus-male
Ornithoptera priamus (Linnaeus, 1758), or Priam’s Birdwing, is named in honor of Priam, the last king of Troy. It inhabits Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands.
The species is very variable, it has of about a hundred subspecies. While the males of the subspecies are multicoloured and extremely different (blue, green, golden, sea-green), the females are more modest in colouring and sometimes look like other Ornithoptera females. But in wingspan the females are much larger than males, they are 20 cm.
This bead butterfly is woven of 11 colours.
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Papilio antimachus (Drury, 1782), or the African giant swallowtail Papilio Antimachus is the biggest African butterfly. Its wingspan is from 18 to 25 cm. Papilio Antimachs was first described by British entomologist Dru Drury in 1782.
These butterflies live in rainforests, males often gather to big crowds on blossoming plants, females prefer to stay on tree tops and very seldom appear on open areas.
This bead butterfly is woven of 9 colours.
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Papilio antimachus (Drury, 1782), or the African giant swallowtail is the largest African butterfly and one of the largest world butterflies. Its wingspan is from 18 to 23 cm. This lepidoptera has almost no natural enemies because of its high toxicity.
This bead butterfly is woven of 13 colours.
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