Help us to create a Wild Future for the Richmond Birdwing Butterfly.

The stunning Richmond Birdwing butterfly is a colourful visitor to southeast Queensland. Once common in the Brisbane area and widespread throughout northern NSW and Queensland, habitat loss and changes to urban ecology have impacted on important life-cycles of this amazing butterfly.

Clearing of native food plants and invasions of a poisonous weed have drastically reduced numbers and now fragmented populations may cause inbreeding in the remaining Richmond Birdwing butterfly populations.

Conservation Volunteers Australia will implement an action plan of practical conservation activities involving local community and international volunteers at the three key Richmond birdwing sites. By establishing a series of corridors linking patches of fragmented vegetation to allow for the migration of the Richmond birdwing butterfly between suitable habitat patches and by removing poisonous weeds, this may stop the disappearance of this iconic Queensland invertebrate.

Saving the Richmond Birdwing butterfly is urgent, important and costly. Our supporters and volunteers provide invaluable funding and assistance to make this happen.

Our work to help save the Richmond Bird-wing butterfly is supported by the following organisations and individuals:

Richmond Birdwing Recovery Network