Troides staudingeri

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Kingdom Animalia Family Papilionidae Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths		Class Insecta Genus Troides Rank Species

Similar Troides dohertyi, Troides plato, Troides riedeli, Troides cuneifera, Troides prattorum

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

Australasian 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.

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

Troides staudingeri Wikipedia

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