Troides andromache

Borneo Birdwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species: T. andromache
Binomial name
Troides andromache
(Staudinger, 1892)

The Borneo Birdwing (Troides andromache) is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found only in Borneo.

Description

as Pompeoptera Andromache in Robert Henry Fernando Rippon Icones Ornithopterorum (1898 to 1906)
For terms see External morphology of Lepidoptera.

The wingspan ranges from 150 mm to 180 mm (female), the hindwings are discreetly scalloped. The body is black with yellow marks on the ventral abdomen. Troides andromache is 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 hind wings have wide-bordered black margin and a wide submarginal formed of confluent black spots.

Subspecies

The subspecies are

Biology

The host plants for the caterpillar are Aristolochia - Aristolochia acuminata and Aristolochia foveolata

Biotope

Troides andromache is found in rain forest canopy in the mountains of Borneo at an elevation of 1,000 m to 2, 900 m.

Etymology

In Greek mythology, Andromache (/ænˈdrɒməkiː/; Ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη) was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion.

Related species

Troides andromache is a member of the Troides amphrysus species group. The members of this clade are:

See also

Sundaland

Sources

References

External links

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