THE GENERA OF BIRDWING BUTTERFLIES
Aetheoptera | |
| Auctor: | Rippon, 1894 |
| Syn.: | Ætheoptera Rippon, 1894 |
| Distribution: | N.E. Papua New Guinea, Solomon Isls. |
| Etymology: | Æther = heaven, pteron = wing, feather. |
| Notes: | The genus comprises 1 species; victoriae. |
| Most recent authors place Aetheoptera as a subgenus of Ornithoptera. |
Straatmana | |
| Auctor: | Deslisle, 2001 |
| Syn.: | Zeunera Deslisle, 2001 (nom. praeocc.) |
| Distribution: | N.E. Papua New Guinea. |
| Etymology: | Named after Raymond Straatman (1917-1987). |
| Notes: | The genus comprises 1 species; alexandrae. |
| Most authors place alexandrae under Ornithoptera. | |
| The name Zeunera was named after F.E.Zeuner, author of of Studies in the Systematics | |
| of Troides and its Allies; Distribution and Phylogeny in Relation to the Geological History | |
| of the Australasian Archipelago. |
Ornithoptera | |
| Auctor: | Boisduval, 1832 |
| Syn.: | Ornithopterus Westwood, 1840 |
| Syn.: | Priamusptera Rippon, 1889 |
| Syn.: | Priamuspterus Rippon, 1898 |
| Syn.: | Priamoptera Rippon, 1894 |
| Syn.: | Troides Rothschild, 1895 |
| Syn.: | Troides Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 |
| Syn.: | Troides Bryk, 1929 |
| Distribution: | From Halmahera and Obi in the west, via New Guinea to the |
| Solomon Islands in the east and to New South Wales, | |
| Australia, in the south. | |
| Etymology: | Ornis = bird, pteron = wing, feather. |
| Notes: | The genus comprises 3 species; aesacus, priamus and croesus. |
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