Ornithoptera
Translingual
Etymology
Ancient Greek ὄρνις (órnis, “bird”, stem: ὄρνῑθ-, órnīth-) + -ο- (-o-, interfix) + πτερᾰ́ n pl (pterắ, “wings”)
Proper noun
Ornithoptera f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Papilionidae – one of the genera of birdwings.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda – subphylum; Insecta – class; Pterygota – subclass; Neoptera – infraclass; Lepidoptera – order; Glossata – suborder; Heteroneura – infraorder; Ditrysia – division; Cossina – section; Bombycina – subsection; Papilionoidea – superfamily; Papilioniformes – series; Papilionidae – family; Papilioninae – subfamily; Troidini – tribe; Troidina – subtribe
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ornithoptera (Aetheoptera), Ornithoptera (Ornithoptera), Ornithoptera (Schoenbergia), Ornithoptera (Straatmana) – subgenera; Ornithoptera priamus – type species; Ornithoptera aesacus, Ornithoptera alexandrae, Ornithoptera chimaera, Ornithoptera croesus, Ornithoptera euphorion, Ornithoptera goliath, Ornithoptera meridionalis, Ornithoptera paradisea, Ornithoptera richmondia, Ornithoptera rothschildi, Ornithoptera tithonus, Ornithoptera victoriae – other species
Descendants
- → Catalan: ornitòpter
- → English: ornithopter
- → French: ornithoptère
- → Italian: ornitottera
Further reading
- Ornithoptera on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Ornithoptera on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
- Category:Ornithoptera on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons