Kingdom Animalia Family Papilionidae Scientific name Troides plateni Rank Species | Class Insecta Genus Troides Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Troides dohertyi, Troides cuneifera, Troides staudingeri, Troides prattorum, Troides darsius | ||
Troides plateni, the Dr. Platen's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to Palawan, Balabac, Dumaran, and the Calamian Islands in the Philippines. It is named for Dr. Carl Constantin Platen.
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Habitat and conservation
Troides plateni is found mainly in wooded habitats. The larval food plant is Aristolochia tagala (Aristolochiaceae). It is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
Taxonomic position
The taxonomic relationship between T. rhadamantus rhadamantus, T. rhadamantus plateni and T. dohertyi is uncertain. Haugum & Low (1985) rank plateni and dohertyi as a subspecies of T. rhadamantus (Tsukada & Nishiyama, 1980, 1982). Ohya (1983) rank plateni as a species.
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