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Cairns Birdwing
Butterfly
Ornithoptera priamus

Male Cairns Birdwing butterfly

Caterpillar feeding on
Aristolochia vine

Female emerging from chrysalis
The Cairns Birdwing is Australia's
largest butterfly. Males have a wingspan of 130 mm. females are larger with 130
mm. wingspan.
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Photographed
at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust

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1998 David & Diane Armbrust
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