It is similar to the female of O. priamus priamus (e.g. individual 00139), which is also distributed on Seram Island. This may be an example of Müllerian mimicry, in which toxic species resemble each other to facilitate learning by their natural enemies (mainly birds). (Yasui).
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| Box number | 109 |
| Specimen number | 01059 |
| Box-Specimen | 109-01059 |
| Scientific name | Ornithoptera goliath procus (Rothschild, 1914) |
| Sex | f |
| Collection date | 199703** |
| Collection site | Seram I., Maluku, Indonesia |
| legit (collector) | unknown |
| Variation | |
| Plate No. in Ohya (1983) and others |