IUCN conservation status category: INDETERMINATE.
Schoenbergia rothschildi has the smallest distribution of any birdwing butterfly. It was first encountered by C. B. Pratt, who received a male specimen collected by a native collector on Mt. Koberai, at 2,700 metres. It is not found lower than 1,800 metres.
S. rothschildi's habitat is sheltered valleys and ravines which are heated by the sun and protected from the winds.
The males will usually seek towards flowering trees, 5 metres above the ground. Flight is high on the sunny days, while it is close to ground on windy days.
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|Distribution:||Irian Jaya; Mt.Arfak, Lake Anggi, Manyam Bou|
|Etymology:||Named in honour of Lord Lionel Walter Rothschild, who financed|
|mf. kenricki Haugum & Low, 1979|
|mf. sublustris Parrott & Deslisle, 1986|
|mf. oceanus Schäffler, 2001|
|mf. fabricei Deslisle & Sclavo, 2008|
|ff. kirschoides Haugum & Low, 1979|
|ff. illustris Parrott & Deslisle, 1986|
|ff. mariejeanneae Deslisle & Sclavo, 2008|
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