Troides riedeli
| Riedel's Birdwing | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. riedeli |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides riedeli Kirsch, 1885 | |
Riedel's Birdwing (Troides riedeli) is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands. Very little is known of the life history and distribution.
Ecozone
Plate from Icones Ornithopterorum
Related species
Troides riedeli is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:
- Troides haliphron (Boisduval, 1836)
- Troides darsius (Gray, [1853])
- Troides vandepolli (Snellen, 1890)
- Troides criton (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
- Troides riedeli (Kirsch, 1885)
- Troides plato (Wallace, 1865)
- Troides staudingeri (Röber, 1888)
References
- Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6 pdf
- Kurt Rumbucher and Oliver Schäffler (2004). Part 19, Papilionidae X. Troides III. in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. Butterflies of the World. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ISBN 978-3-937783-02-4
- Tsukada, E. and Nishiyama, Y. (1982). Butterflies of the South East Asian Islands. Vol. I Papilionidae. (transl. K. Morishita). Plapac Co. Ltd., Tokyo. 457 pp.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Troides riedeli |
- Troides riedeli at Nagypal
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (English/German)
- Banda Sea Islands Moist Deciduous Forests
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