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Ornithoptera Priamus poseidon / teucrus
rain forest, sentosa island, insect kingdom
young butterfly, still drying up before the first flight
Spotted on Jan 30, 2011
Submitted on May 25, 2011
10 Comments
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.
mine is also called australian birdwing
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!
Oh, that´s cool! I think I just stumbled upon it by accident
http://www.butterflyutopia.com/priamus_p...
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!)
yeah, birdwing it is - the green birdwing
Ornithoptera Priamus poseidon / teucrus
It's definitely a birdwing, uncertain of the specific species.
this site might help
http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/ind...
looks like a birdwing butterfly
How unusual and brilliant.