Description: English: Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. (1887-1892): Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies London 1:x, [1-183]. Plate Ornithoptera III. Date: 10 March 2013, 20:41:06. Source: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/38010#page/44/mode/1up. Author: Henley Grose Smith William Forsell Kirby.
Description: Ornithoptera meridionalis Female, upperside. South Papua March 1969. Date: 1 March 2007. Source: Own work. Author: Robert Nash Curator of Entomology, ulster Museum.