Troides vandepolli
| van de Poll’s Birdwing | |
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| Troides vandepolli honrathi female, dorsal side | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. vandepollii |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides vandepolli Snellen, 1890 | |
The van de Poll’s Birdwing (Troides vandepolli) is a montane birdwing butterfly occurring on Java and Sumatra. It is endemic for Indonesia and is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
The species was named for Neervoort Jacob R. H. van de Poll.
Description
- For terms see External morphology of Lepidoptera.
Male: The fore wings are ground colour black. The veins are lightly bordered by white colour. The underside of the fore wings is dark-brown. The veins are bordered by white colour. The hind wings of are black. There is a large golden-yellow area in the discal and postdiscal part. The veins are black and they cleave the golden area.
The underside is similar to the upperside. At the inner edge there is a yellowish spot.
The abdomen is brown, the underside is yellow and black. Head and thorax are black. The nape has a red hair-coat.
Female: Troides vandepolli is sexually dimorphic. The female is larger than the male. The gruand colour of the female is brown. The veins are bordered by white colour. There is a yellow area with dark veins on the hind wings only and a chain of black spots in the yellow area. The underside is similar to the upperside.
Taxonomy
There are three subspecies, the nominate, honrathiana Martin, 1892 (montane plateau of Sumatra) and parrottei Deslisle, 1989 (S. Sumatra; Mt Dempo). They are named for Eduard Honrath and R.E.Parrott.
Ecozone
Indomalaya ecozone (Sundaland)
Related species
Troides vandepolli 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.
- 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
External links
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- Troides vandepolli at Ngypal
- www.butterflycorner.net Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien(English/German)
- Western Java Rain Forests Ecoregion
- Sumatran montane rain forests