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green birdwing

ornithoptera priamus

Description:

this beautiful butterfly is a male, bigger than the palm of a hand. the females lack the green coloring, but are also very pretty with black, white, red and yellow

Habitat:

tropical climate, this one was found near the coast, feeding off the nectar in the flowers pictured

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2 Comments

JaniekevanDijk
JaniekevanDijk 6 years ago

sure!

JordiPrats
JordiPrats 6 years ago

Hi Dijk, please consider to add it on "Butterflies & Moths of Indonesia": http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/2158...

JaniekevanDijk
Spotted by
JaniekevanDijk

Papua, Indonesia

Spotted on Oct 10, 2017
Submitted on Oct 10, 2017

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