Troides vandepolli

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van de Poll’s Birdwing
Troides vandepolli honrathi Female, upperside.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Genus: Troides Species: T. vandepollii
Binomial name
Troides vandepolli Snellen, 1890

Troides vandepolli is a montane birdwing butterfly occurring on Java and Sumatra. It is endemic for Indonesia and is protected by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).

The species was named for Neervoort Jacob R. H. van de Poll

[edit] Taxonomy

There are three subspecies , the nominate, honrathiana Martin, 1892 (montane plateau of Sumatra) and parrottei Deslisle, 1989 (S. Sumatra; Mt Dempo). They are named for Eduard Honrath and R.E.Parrott