Ornithoptera paradisea ssp. borchi

[simosg]

This male of ssp. borchi is one of my absolute favourites in my collection. Due to this, I choosed this one for my avatar. I have another borchi male and several other paradisea subspecies, but no one is such impressive. The green colour has a clearly golden glimmer, which can't be seen real at the picture.
It has been sold as the nominate to me, but I'm sure it can't be the nominate. I have heard by two good sources, that the habitat of the nominate isn't existing any longer.

Hannes

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[panzerman]

That is a truly IA+ perfect specimen, quality and setting techique

John