Birdwing Butterfly. June 1, 2013 – Posted in: Butterfly, Travel, Watercolor – Tags: animal, animals, aquarelle, aquarelle painting, art, artish, Australia, bird, birdwing, birdwing butterfly, butterfly, butterfly species, cairns, climate, cooktown, draw, drawing, endemic, environment, euphorion, illustration, natural, Nature, northeastern australia, Ornithoptera, Ornithoptera euphorion, painting, Photography, queensland, roses, science, species, Travelling, Watercolor, watercolor aquarelle, wild bird The Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera euphorion) is a species of birdwing butterfly endemic to northeastern Australia and is Australia’s largest endemic butterfly species (up to 150mm). He was landing on my head.