Chimaera birdwing  (Ornithoptera chimaera)

Habitat loss is the main threat to this species as forests are destroyed for agriculture, tree plantations, and urbanisation (1).

There is no targeted conservation action for this species and as long as the human population continues to grow in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea, habitat loss will continue. The chimaera birdwing is listed on Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species, which serves to regulate the trade in the species or any of its parts by requiring export licences and producing quotas (2). While the collection of chimaera birdwings from the wild is not believed to pose a threat to the species, this butterfly is ranched in moderate numbers in the highlands of Papua New Guinea (3).