Troides rhadamantus
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| Species: | T. rhadamantus
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| Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
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Troides rhadamantus, the golden birdwing,[1] is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.
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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