| Troides staudingeri | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. staudingeri |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides staudingeri (Röber, 1888) | |
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Troides staudingeri is a birdwing butterfly in the genus Troides in the family Papilionidae. It is known from Leti Island, Moa Island, Kisar Island, Babar Island and Wetar Island.
staudingeri Rob. Male: forewing similar to that of iris, beneath with purer white stripes; hindwing almost as in naias , but always with 6 gold discal spots round the cell and the cell-spot more transversely truncate; the harpe similar to that of iris, almost symmetrical, whilst in the other haliphron-forms, it is almost hook-shaped. Female with broader vein-streaks on the forewing than in iris [ssp. (below)]; on the hindwing in addition to the cell-spot 6 gold spots, of which the first and last are much larger than in iris and ariadne [ssp. (below)] ; the median veins at least beneath accompanied by yellow-grey stripes, similar stripes or small submarginal spots also often on the radials. Collar and breast in male and female red. Loeang, Dammer and Babber. [2]
Like T. haliphron, T. staudingeri is a lowland species.
The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.
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:
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