Troides plateni
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 Troides plateni Male, upperside. Palawan
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| Troides plateni Staudinger, 1889 |
Troides plateni is a birdwing butterfly endemic to Palawan. Balabac, Dumaran and the Calamianes.
It is named for Dr. Platen.
Troides plateni is found mainly in wooded habitats.The larval foodplant 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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