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Ornithoptera goliath

Goliath birdwing
Male dorsal side above, female ventral side below
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species:
O. goliath
Binomial name
Ornithoptera goliath

Ornithoptera goliath, the Goliath birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found in New Guinea. It is the second largest butterfly in the world, after the Queen Alexandra's birdwing.

  1. ^ Böhm, M. (2018). "Ornithoptera goliath". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  2. ^ Oberthür, Charles (1888). "Lépidoptères exotiques, nouveaux ou peu connus". Études d'entomologie. 12: 1.

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