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Birdwings
Birdwings are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ''Trogonoptera'', ''Troides'', and ''Ornithoptera''. Most recent authorities recognise 36 species, however, this is debated, and some authorities include additional genera. Birdwings are named for their exceptional size, angular wings, and birdlike flight. They are found across tropical Asia, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Included among the birdwings are some of the largest butterflies in the world: the largest, Queen Alexandra's birdwing; the second largest, the Goliath birdwing; the largest butterfly endemic to Australia, the Cairns birdwing; and the largest butterfly in India, the southern birdwing. Another well-known species is Rajah Brooke's birdwing, a particularly attractive species named after Sir James Brooke, the first White Rajah of 19th-century Sarawak. Due to their size and brightly coloured males, they are popular among collectors of butterflies, but all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Magellanus
''Troides magellanus'', the Magellan birdwing, is a large and striking birdwing butterfly found in the Philippines and on Taiwan's Orchid Island. This butterfly is named for the explorer Ferdinand Magellan who was killed in the Philippines in 1521. Description Male: The forewings are ground colour black. The veins are bordered by white. The underside of the forewings is very similar to the upperside, but some veins are bordered by yellow. The hindwings are golden yellow. The veins and the marginal edge of the hindwing are black. The golden area has an opal, green or blue colour at a certain angle. The underside of the hindwing is very similar to the upperside and also has the optical effect. The body (abdomen) is yellowish, but the underside is yellow. Head and thorax are black. Female: is sexually dimorphic. The female is larger than the male. The ground colour of the female is dark brown to black. The veins are bordered by white colour shading. There is a golden area with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Hypolitus
''Troides hypolitus'', the Rippon's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Moluccas and Sulawesi. It is not significantly threatened, but it is protected. ''Troides hypolitus'' is a butterfly from the Australasian and Indomalayan realms. The first description was in 1775 by Pieter Cramer. This butterfly is a member of the family Papilionidae. ''Troides hypolitus'' is black. It has a chain of golden spots on the hindwings. The females are dark brown and they are bigger than the males. Description The wingspan is from 180 to 200 mm. The male's forewings are black. Some veins are bordered by white colour. The underside is very similar to the upperside. The hindwings are grey. The outer edge is black and it contains a chain of golden spots. The veins are black. The underside is similar to the upperside, but the basic colour is white. The body (abdomen) is black and yellow, but the underside is white and yellowish. It looks like a wasp. Head and thorax are black. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Darsius
''Troides darsius'', the Sri Lankan birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in Sri Lanka. It is the largest butterfly on the island and is also the national butterfly of Sri Lanka. Among the largest and most gaudy of the Ceylon Lepidoptera is the great black and yellow butterfly (''Ornithoptera darsius'', Gray); the upper wings, of which measure six inches (15 cm) across, are of deep velvet black, the lower, ornamented by large particles of satiny yellow, through which the sunlight passes, and few insects can compare with it in beauty, as it hovers over the flowers of the heliotrope, which furnish the favourite food of the perfect fly, although the caterpillar feeds on the aristolochia and the betel leaf and suspends its chrysalis from its drooping tendrils.Tennant, 1859 Ceylon, Physical, Historical and Topographical Description From ''Troides helena cerberus'' it differs as follows: Male forewing: adnervular pale streaks not prominent on the upperside, mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Criton
''Troides criton'', the Criton birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found on the islands of Morotai, Halmahera, Bali, Bacan, Ternate and Obi in Indonesia. Description ''Troides criton'' is sexually dimorphic. Male: The ground colour of the forewings is black. A large discal golden area has veins are black veins. The underside is very similar. Female: In the female some of the veins are bordered by white. There is a chain of internervular black spots in the golden area. The underside is very similar. In both sexes the abdomen is brown with a yellow underside. The head and thorax are black and the underside of thorax has a red hair. PompeopteraCritonRippon.jpg, PompeopteraCriton2Rippon.jpg, NovaraExpZoologischeTheilLepidopteraAtlasTaf4.jpg, Subspecies *''Troides criton criton'' Sulawesi, Moluccas, Morotai, Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera, Kasiruta, Sula Islands, Bacan *''Troides criton critonides'' (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Obi Islands Related species ''Troides criton'' is a member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Miranda
''Troides miranda'', the Miranda birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits Borneo and Sumatra. Related species ''Troides miranda'' is a member of the ''Troides amphrysus'' species group. The members of this clade are: *''Troides amphrysus'' (Cramer, 779 *''Troides andromache'' (Staudinger, 1892) *''Troides cuneifera ''Troides cuneifera'', the Mountain Birdwing,Ek-Amnuay, P. (2012). Butterflies of Thailand. 2nd Edition (English) is a large butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, Papilionidae, found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo ...'' (Oberthür, 1879) *''Troides miranda'' (Butler, 1869) References *Kurt Rumbucher,Béla von Knötgen and Oliver Schäffler, Knötgen 1999 Part 7, Papilionidae IV. Troides II., amphrysus-group in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. ''Butterflies of the World''. Keltern: Goecke & Evers . External links ''Troides miranda'' at Ngypal miranda Butterflies described in 1869 Butterflies of Borneo Butterf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Cuneifera
''Troides cuneifera'', the Mountain Birdwing,Ek-Amnuay, P. (2012). Butterflies of Thailand. 2nd Edition (English) is a large butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, Papilionidae, found in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. Being very similar to '' Troides amphrysus'', the butterfly was originally described as ''Ornithoptera amphrisius'' var. ''cuneifera''. The first to separate the two species was Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1889. In Sumatra and Java it is a highlands species occurring up to an altitude of , but it occurs as low as in the Thai-Malay Peninsula. The species is in decline in Sumatra and Java due to human activities such as increased cultivation. ''Troides cuneifera tantalus'' remains one of the great mysteries of the birdwings. The taxon is known from only one male and one female. When described, the specimens were claimed to originate from Kala Bula Hills or Kala Bala Hills, north Borneo. Description ''Troides cuneifera'' is se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Andromache
''Troides andromache'', the Borneo birdwing , is a species of butterfly in the family (biology), family Papilionidae. It is Endemic species, found only in Borneo. Description The wingspan ranges from 150 to 180 mm (female), the hindwings are discreetly scalloped. The body is black with yellow marks on the ventral abdomen. ''Troides andromache'' is Sexual dimorphism, sexually dimorphic. The males have black upperside forewings. The underside of the forewings is black marked, in the postdiscal area and between the veins, with white. The hindwings are yellow with black veins and have a border of marginal black triangles. The females have white forewings with black veins lined with grey. The black veined yellow hindwings have wide-bordered black margin and a wide submarginal formed of confluent black spots. Subspecies The subspecies are *''Troides andromache andromache'' northern Borneo, Sabah *''Troides andromache marapokensis'' Fruhstorfer, 1899 northern Borneo, northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Amphrysus
''Troides amphrysus'', the Malay birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly in the genus ''Troides'' in the family Papilionidae. Taxonomy Subspecies *''T. a. amphrysus'' (Java, Bali) *''T. a. ruficollis'' (Butler, 1879 (Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma) *''T. a. euthydemus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Sumatra) *''T. a. actinotia'' Jordan, 1909 (southern Borneo) *''T. a. flavicollis'' (Druce, 1873) (northern Borneo) *''T. a. niasicus'' (Fruhstorfer, 1898) (Nias) *''T. a. vistara'' Fruhstorfer, 1906 ( Batu Island) *''T. a. astrea'' Hayami, 1992 ( Banyak Island) *''T. a. arkumene'' Hayami, 1994 (Tioman) *''T. a. chrysomelas'' Parrott & Schmid, 1984 (Natuna) *''T. a. simeuluensis'' Ohya, 1985 ( Simeuluë, Babi Island) *''T. a. perintis'' Kobayashi, 1986 ( Tambelan Island) *''T. a. kuris'' Kobayashi & Hayami, 1987 ( Anambas Island) *''T. a. hilbert'' Hayami, 1992 (Karimata) *''T. a. merah'' Kobayashi & Hayami, 1992 ( Simuk, Batu Island) *''T. a. zeus'' Kobayashi & Hayami, 1992 (Sipora, Siberut, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Rhadamantus
''Troides rhadamantus'', the golden birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1835. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider ''Troides plateni'' and ''Troides dohertyi'' as subspecies of ''T. rhadamantus''. Related species ''Troides rhadamantus'' is a member of the ''Troides aeacus'' species group. The members of this clade are: *''Troides aeacus'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860) *''Troides magellanus'' (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862) *''Troides minos'' (Cramer, 779 *''Troides rhadamantus'' (H. Lucas, 1835) *''Troides dohertyi'' (Rippon, 1893) *''Troides prattorum ''Troides prattorum'', the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is ...'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) References External link ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Prattorum
''Troides prattorum'', the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia. It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections. Related species ''Troides prattorum'' is a member of the ''Troides aeacus'' species group. The members of this clade are: *''Troides aeacus'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 *''Troides magellanus'' (C. & R. Felder, 1862) *''Troides minos'' (Cramer, 779 *''Troides rhadamantus'' (Lucas, 1835) *''Troides dohertyi'' (Rippon, 1893) *''Troides prattorum'' (Joicey & Talbot, 1922) References ARKivePhotos and more information *Ohya, Takashi,1980) ''Troides prattorum''. ''Rhopalocerists' Magazine'' 4(4):5-10, plate. *Kurt Rumbucher; Béla von Knötgen, 1999 Part.6, Papilionidae. 3, Troides. 1 ''aeacus''- group in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. ''Butterflies of the World'' Keltern: Goecke & Evers 1999. External li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Troides Plateni
''Troides plateni'', the Dr. Platen's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to Palawan, Balabac, Dumaran, and the Calamian Islands in the Philippines. It is named for Dr. Carl Constantin Platen. Habitat and conservation ''Troides plateni'' is found mainly in wooded habitats. The larval food plant is '' Aristolochia tagala'' (Aristolochiaceae). It is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). Taxonomic position The taxonomic relationship between '' T. rhadamantus rhadamantus'', '' T. rhadamantus plateni'' and '' T. dohertyi'' is uncertain. Haugum & Low (1985) rank ''plateni'' and ''dohertyi'' as a subspecies of ''T. rhadamantus'' (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980, 1982). Ohya (1983) rank ''plateni'' as a species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
