TAXONOMY AND SPECIES
Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Troidini
Subtribus: Troidina
Genus: Ornithoptera
Subgenus: Aetheoptera
Species: Ornithoptera victoriae *
(*some taxonomy declare the following formae of victoriae as subspecies of victoriae victoriae)
subspecies:
1. Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. victoriae (Gray, 1856)
2. Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. archeri (Calderara, 1984)
3.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. epiphanes (Salvin, 1888)
4. Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. isabellae (Roth. & Jordan, 1901)
5. Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. reginae (Salvin, 1888)
(maramasikensis is local form and rejected as ssp.)
6. Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. regis (Rothschild, 1895)
6b. natural hybrid Ornithoptera allotei
7.ornithoptera victoriae ssp. rubianus (Morita, 2000)
VICTORIAE
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Bart Laurijssens
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1.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. victoriae ( Gray, 1856 )
Makira-Ulawa Province, Makira Island,
Solomon Islands 01-VII-2004
Makira-Ulawa Province, Makira Island, VERSO
Solomon Islands 01-VII-2004
Guadalcanal Island
Solomon Islands 08-XII-2000
Guadalcanal Island VERSO
Solomon Islands 08-XII-2000
FORMS:
male/female: f.archeri-f.epiphanes-f.isabellae-f.reginae-f.regis-f.victoriae
LOCATION: Guadalcanal, Florida Island , Tulahi
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2.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. archeri ( Calderara, 1984 )
NW Choiseul
NW ChoiseulSolomon Islands 03 - I - 2005
NW Choiseul
Solomon Islands 20 - VII - 2005
NW Choiseul
Solomon Islands 20 - VII - 2005
NW Choiseul
Solomon Islands 20 - I - 2005
FORMAE:
male:
f.lanieli-f.niclasi
LOCATION: NW. Choiseul
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3.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. epiphanes (Salvin, 1888)
San Cristobal,
Solomon Islands 18-II-2005
San Cristobal,
Solomon Islands 01 - V - 2004
Makira -Ulawa Province,
Solomon Islands 05-X-2006
Makira -UlawaProvince, VERSO
Solomon Islands 18 - II - 2005
FORMAE:
male:
f.belae-f.brabanti-f.f.brossardi-f.gabrieli-f.infanta-f.jules-f.lanieli-f.niclasi-f.ponceletanus-f.porteneuvi
female:
f.neulosa-f.polychromae
LOCATION: San Christobal, Solomon Islands
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4.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. isabellae ( Rothschild & Jordan, 1901 )
Isabel Province,
Solomon Islands 14 - I - 2004
Isabel Province,
Solomon Islands 10 - XI - 2006
Isabel Province,
Solomon Islands 10-XII - 2021
Isabel Province,
Solomon Islands 16 - II -2006
FORMAE:
male:
f.infanta-f.niclasi-f.ohyia-f.ponceletanus
female:
f.firmini-f.gisoensis-f.jessicae-f.szabadosi
LOCATION: Santa Isabel, Solomon Islands
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5.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. reginae ( Salvin, 1888)
Maramasike, Malaita Province
Solomon Islands, 01-V- 2004
Maramasike, Malaita Province
Solomon Islands, 01-V- 2004
Maramasike, Malaita Province
Solomon Islands, 01-V- 2004
Maramasike, Malaita Province
Solomon Islands, 01-V- 2004
FORMAE:
male:
f.brabanti-f.brossardi-f.gabrieli-f.niclasi-f.rubesco
female:
f.polychroma-f.zeuneri
LOCATION: Malaita Island
f. aurata
Malaita Island
leg. V. Lunkov
f. umbra
Malaita Island
leg. V. Lunkov
6.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. regis ( Rothschild, 1895 )
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 13 - VIII - 1999
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - V - 2021
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
f. brabanti
Bougainville
Natural hybrid Ornithoptera allotei ( Rothschild, 1914 - priest Abbé Alotte )
Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. regis x Ornithoptera priamus urvillianus
info and history: see below this page
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Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
Bougainville, Buka Island
Eastern Papua New Guinea 05 - II - 2001
7.Ornithoptera victoriae ssp. rubianus ( Guérin-Méneville, 1830)
Rendova Island
Solomon Islands 12-XII - 2004
Rendova Island
Solomon Islands 15 - I - 2005
Rendova Island
Solomon Islands 03 - I - 2005
Rendova Island
Solomon Islands 20 - VII - 2005
FORMAE:
male: f.infantana-f.niclasi-f.ohyia-f.ponceletanus
female: f.firmini -f.gisoensis-f.jessicae-f.szabadosi
LOCATION: Kolombangara, Rendova, Rubiana, Ranongga
f.noellans
Solomon Islands - Ranongga Island
f. melanic
Solomon Islands - Ranongga Island
f. gizoensis
Solomon Islands - Ranongga Island