Ornithoptera Aesacus
| Obi Island Birdwing | |
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| Conservation status | |
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Vulnerable |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoptera |
| Species: | O. aesacus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoptera aesacus |
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The Obi Island Birdwing (Ornithoptera aesacus) is a rare species of birdwing butterfly endemic to Indonesia.
It is only found on the heavily logged island of Obi. It is seriously endangered but commercially bred.
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