Ornithoptera victoriae
| Queen Victoria's birdwing | |
|---|---|
| Male from Guadalcanal, upperside | |
| Female O. v. victoriae, upperside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoptera |
| Subgenus: | Aetheoptera Rippon, 1894 |
| Species: | O. victoriae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoptera victoriae Gray, 1856 | |
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Ornithoptera victoriae, the Queen Victoria's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae, found in the Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island only).
What was originally described as Ornithoptera allotei, is a natural hybrid between Ornithoptera victoriae and Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus.