Major updates

• 28-MAY-2006: Site was launched after a few years of preparation.
• 17-SEP-2000: Additional images of Aetheoptera victoriae isabellae (male and female), A. alexandrae (female), Ornithoptera priamus poseidon ff. kirschi and a very interesting unnamed female form of O. priamus poseidon were added (thanks to Mr Ian Davies!).
• 21-OCT-2000: Field notes on Trogonoptera trojana and Troides rhadamantus plateni were added (thanks to Mr Jan Petersen!).
• 27-OCT-2000: Ornithoptera priamus tayandensis was downgraded to be a synonym of O.p.albireo, based on a possible misunderstanding of the location of Tayandu Is.
• 27-OCT-2000: Correction of the spelling of geographical names: In practically all books and many scientific papers the names of many localities have been incorrectly spelt. The situation has been especially bad with regard to places in Indonesia, but even localities in e.g. China and Papua New Guinea - as well as other countries - have received a rather disrespectful treatment. This author have laid down some efforts attempting to correct all geographical names mentioned in this work.
  As far as it has been possible, all names in this web site now follow the spellings used in "The Times Atlas of the World - Comprehensive Edition", 9^th edition with revisions, London 1998". Several localities are, however, to small to be shown in the mentioned atlas. In the struggle to achieve the best result, other sources have been consulted as well. These include the following:
  - Nelles Verlag (München)'s (undated) maps: - Indonesia 1: Sumatra (1:1500000), Indonesia 2: Java and West Nusa Tenggara (1:1500000), Indonesia 3: Bali (1:180000), Indonesia 4: Kalimantan (1:1500000), Indonesia 5: Java and Bali (1:650000), Indonesia 6: Sulawesi (1:1500000), Indonesia 7: Irian Jaya and Maluku (1:1500000), Philippines (1:1500000).
  - Universal Business Directories (Macquarie Park, NSW): Papua New Guinea (1:2420000) (undated).
  - Robinson (Dee Why, NSW)'s Runaway Series: Papua New Guinea (1:1925000) (undated).
  For the tiniest islands not mentioned in any of the above maps even two traveller's guide books have been used: "Indonesia Handbook", Moon Publications, Chico, CAL, 1989, 1058pp and Lonely Planet's "Indonesia", Hawthorne, Vic, 1997, 1050 pp.
  Even with the assistance of above sources there are still a handful names which this author has not been able to trace anywhere. The continued search for the origin and correct spelling of these last few names will continue.
• 06-NOV-2000: Additional field notes about the altitude of  T.trojana were added (thanks to Mr Jan Petersen!).
• 09-FEB-2001: Additional notes on T.brookiana were added (etymology). More titles added to Literature list.
• 10-MAR-2001: Additional notes on S.meridionalis and other species were added (thanks to Mr Anthony W. Darby!).
• 30-APR-2001: Photo of a male of A. allottei was added (thanks to Mr Anatoly Kiselev!).
• 29-MAY-2001: New subspecies and forms of several species have been added, thanks to a number of scientific papers received from Mr Mike Pennington.
• 17-SEP-2001: Parts of the second section of Tony's web site - The Butterflies of Norway - has been launched.
• 17-OCT-2001: New taxa and additional taxonomic notes have been given, based upon the new work "Natural History of Birdwing Butterflies" by Hirotaka Matsuka (2001).
• 21-JAN-2002: Additional photos of Aetheoptera victoriae reginae mf brossardi, Ornithoptera aeacus mf nadiae, O. croesus wallacei, Schoenbergia goliath ukihidei, S. tithonus misoolana, Ripponia hypolitus sulaensis ff semimascula, Troides helena rayae and T. magellanus cuyonensis were added (thanks to Mr Gilles Deslisle!).
• 11-FEB-2002: Additional images of Aetheoptera alexandrae (male), Ornithoptera priamus caelestis (female), and Schoenbergia chimaera chimaera (male and female) were added (thanks to Mr Ian Davies!).
• 12-AUG-2002: As the author was moving this web site to another server, it was temporarily closed down. The plan was to re-launch the web site within a couple of weeks, but due to unforeseen difficulties it was back in the web only on ...
• 20-NOV-2002. However, all images were missing until ...
• 03-JAN-2003. On this day the photos of the birdwing butterflies were again available to the visitors. But the "Butterflies of Norway" section is still missing and will be re-launched during spring 2003.
• 22-JAN-2003: Additional photos of Trogonoptera brookiana mollumar and Ornithoptera priamus euphorion were added (thanks to Mr Abiel Neo!).
• 15-MAR-2003: 88 photos of Norwegian butterflies were added to The Butterflies of Norway section.
• 27-AUG-2003: Additional photos of Ornithoptera priamus albireo (female) and Troides helena orientis were added.
• 25-DEC-2003: According to request of Mr Bernard d'Abrera, the Natural History Museum, London, this site was renamed "The World of Birdwing Butterflies".
• 07-JUN-2004: Following recommendations of Mr Mike Pennington the Checklist of the Birdwing Butterflies was updated, reflecting several new taxa.
• 27-JUN-2004: Additional photos of Aetheoptera victoriae maramasikensis, Ornithoptera priamus pronomus, Schoenbergia goliath goliath, S. goliath sorongensis, S. chimaera flavidor, S. tithonus dominici, S. tithonus cytherea, S. tithonus makikoae, S. paradisea galatea, S. paradisea occidentalis, S. paradisea chrysanthemum, S. paradisea sabinae, S. paradisea flavescens, S. paradisea detanii and S. meridionalis tarunggarensis were added (thanks to Mr William Garthe!).
• 13-OCT-2004: Additional photos of Aetheoptera victoriae epiphanes, Ornithoptera priamus gebeensis, O. priamus pronomus, Schoenbergia goliath ukihidei, Trogonoptera brookiana trogon, T. brookiana ssp loc Mt.Dempo,  T. brookiana mariae, T. brookiana brookiana,  T. brookiana haugumei, T. amphrysus simeuluensis, T. amphrysus zeus, T. amphrysus flavicollis, T. aeacus malaiianus and T. magellanus magellanus were added.
• 17-OCT-2004: Several photos of Aetheoptera victoriae isabellae and A. victoriae archeri were added (thanks to Mr Mike J. Howlett!).
• 23-FEB-2005: Additional photos of Ornithoptera priamus boisduvali, O. priamus bornemanni, O. priamus miokensis, O. priamus urvillianus, Schoenbergia goliath huebneri, S. paradisea arfakensis, S. paradisea flavescens, S. paradisea borchi, S. paradisea paradisea, S. meridionalis tarunggarensis, Trogonoptera brookiana albescens, T. brookiana toshikii, T. brookiana natunensis, Troides amphrysus niasicus, T. miranda miranda, T. miranda hayami, T. andromache marapokensis, T. andromache nishikawai, T. darsius, T. plato, T. helena tabuchii, T. helena mosychlus, T. helena nereides, T. oblongomaculatus oblongomaculatus, T. oblongomaculatus asartia, T. dohertyi, T. minos, T. aeacus szechwanus, T. aeacus insularis, T. aeacus formosanus and T. magellanus magellanus were added (thanks to Mr Mike J. Howlett!). Many of his photos are of specimens collected by such personalities as Woolett, Waterstradt, Fruhstorfer, Doherty, Straatman and Borch, and many specimens are ex coll F.E.Zeuner.
• 15-MAR-2005: More photos of O. priamus urvillianus were added (thanks to Mr Mike J. Howlett!).
• 18-MAR-2005: Additional photos of Zeunera alexandrae and Ornithoptera croesus helios were added (thanks to Mr William Garthe!).
• 02-MAY-2005: Additional photo of female of Trogonoptera brookiana from Mt. Dempo was added.
• 09-MAY-2005: Additional photos were added to the "Butterflies of Norway" section. Now photos of all Papilionidae, Pieridae and Nymphalinae are published.
• 15-OCT-2005: Additional photos of Ornithoptera priamus euphorion f weylandi and two females O. priamus poseidon gynandromorphs with green coloration were added (thanks to Mr William Garthe!).
• 19-OCT-2005: Additional photos of Zeunera alexandrae female and Ornithoptera priamus poseidon ff kirschi with green scaling were added (thanks to Mr William Garthe!).
• 25-FEB-2006: Additional photo of Schoenbergia goliath titan (=supremus) mf confluenta was added (thanks to Mr Jean-Serge Giguère!).
• 04-MAR-2006: Additional photos of Aetheoptera allotei and Ornithoptera croesus lydius ff reducta were added (thanks to Mr Frederik Goussey!).
• 23-APR-2006: Additional photos of Schoenbergia goliath ?supremus, S. goliath titan, S. rothschildi, S. paradisea arfakensis, S. paradisea borchi and S. meridionalis meridionalis (incl. photo of a pupa) were added (thanks to Mr John Nielsen!). Mr Nielsen also supplied interesting photos of Ornithoptera priamus richmondia in its natural habitats.
• 20-MAY-2006: Photo of the new subspecies Ornithoptera priamus wituensis was added (thanks to Mr Mike J. Howlett!).
• 12-JUN-2006: Additional photos of Aetheoptera victoriae isabellae and Schoenbergia chimaera chimaera were added (thanks to Mr Kyi-yein Sem!).
• 12-OCT-2006: Additional photos of Trogonoptera brookiana brookiana were added (thanks to Robert R. Herd!).
• 25-OCT-2006: Additional photos of unnamed form of Trogonoptera brookiana ?trojana were added (thanks to Hu Shaoji (Pierce Honn)!).
• 23-FEB-2008: Additional photos were added to the "Butterflies of Norway" section. Now photos of all Norwegian species, and most subspecies, are depicted.

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