Troides staudingeri
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| Troides staudingeri | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. staudingeri |
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Troides staudingeri is a birdwing butterfly in the genus Troides in the Papilionidae family. It is known from Leti Island, Moa Island, Kisar Island, Babar Island and Wetar Island.
Subspecies
- T. s. staudingeri (Sermata, Luang, Babar)
- T. s. iris (Röber, 1888) (Leti Group)
- T. s. ariadne Rothschild, 1908 (Islands of Romang Strait)
- T. s. heptanonius Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Damar Island)
- T. s. ikarus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tanimbar, Selaru, Yamdena, Larat)
- T. s. rikyu Arima & Morimoto, 1991 (Teun, Nila, Serua)
Biology
Like T. haliphron, T. staudingeri is a lowland species.
Ecozone
Etymology
The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.
Taxonomy
Previously considered to be a subspecies of haliphron, staudingeri was raised to a full species by Haugum and Low on the basis of differences in the genitali. This was accepted by Hancock.
Related species
Troides staudingeri 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
- D'Abrera, B. (1975) Birdwing Butterflies of the World. Country Life Books, London.
- Haugum, J. & Low, A.M. 1978-1985. A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies. 2 volumes. Scandinavian Press, Klampenborg; 663 pp.
- Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
- 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
Other literature at Troides
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- The World of Birdwing Butterflies
- BOLD Consortium for the Barcode of Life images, molecular information.
- Timor and Wetar Deciduous Forests Ecoregion
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