Troides rhadamantus
| Golden Birdwing | |
|---|---|
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| Male, upperside | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. rhadamantus |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835) | |
The golden birdwing[1] (Troides rhadamantus) is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. There are many subspecies on different islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.
Gynandromorph specimen (Musée d'histoire naturelle de Lille)
Related species
Troides rhadamantus is a member of the Troides aecus species group. The members of this clade are:
- Troides aeacus C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Troides magellanus (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
- Troides minos (Cramer, [1779])
- Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
- Troides dohertyi (Rippon, 1893)
- Troides prattorum (Joicey & Talbot, 1922)
References
- ↑ Golden Birdwing, Lepidoptera
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