Monday, August 20, 2007

Cairns Birdwings



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This is Cairns Birdwing - female ...
and the above image is of a Cairns Birdwing - male
Sexual dimorphism is strong, with females appreciably larger and less colourful than males.

2 comments:

Doug Taron said...

This one will probably surprise you. It's a femail Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus. Another strong case of sexual dimorphism.

indicaspecies said...

Sexual dichromatism is part of the interesting phenomena of sexual dimorphism in butterflies.
From here and there, I reached this blog having a superb collection of butterflies. I love butterflies. Splendid job. :)