Ornithoptera meridionalis
| Southern tailed birdwing | |
|---|---|
| Male, upperside | |
| Female, upperside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoptera |
| Species: | O. meridionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoptera meridionalis (Rothschild, 1897) | |
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Ornithoptera meridionalis, the southern tailed birdwing, is the smallest species of the genus Ornithoptera. It is known from a handful of localities in southeast Papua, New Guinea (O. meridionalis meridionalis) and several localities along the south coast of Irian Jaya (O. meridionalis tarunggarensis).
The specific ephiphet meridionalis, means southern.