A genuine chrysanthemum specimen. The yellow of the hind wings (especially on the under surface) is very vivid. It appears to be in a Müllerian mimetic relationship with a sympatric O. goliath samson female. (Yasui)
081-00771
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| Specimen under surface (click to enlarge) |  |
| Box number | 081 |
| Specimen number | 00771 |
| Box-Specimen | 081-00771 |
| Scientific name | Ornithoptera paradisea chrysanthemum Kobayashi & Koiwaya, 1979 |
| Sex | f |
| Collection date | 199808** |
| Collection site | Arfak Mts. (low land), Irian Jaya, Indonesia |
| legit (collector) | unknown |
| Variation | |
| Plate No. in Ohya (1983) and others |