This mutant maculatusaurum was purchased by Yasui at an Internet auction in Japan in July 2009, and exchanged with a normal type owned by Dr. Ohya. Such a mutant may occur in commercial breeding. (Yasui)
013-00103
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| Box number | 013 |
| Specimen number | 00103 |
| Box-Specimen | 013-00103 |
| Scientific name | Ornithoptera aesacus (Ney, 1903) |
| Sex | m |
| Collection date | 200905** |
| Collection site | Obi I., Maluku, Indonesia （ex pupa) |
| legit (collector) | unknown |
| Variation | ♂f. maculatusaurum Parrott & Deslisle, 1987（前翅の亜前縁帯の中に半透明黄金斑が出現する型） |
| Plate No. in Ohya (1983) and others |