Troides haliphron
| Haliphron Birdwing | |
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| Troides haliphron Male, upperside. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. haliphron |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides haliphron (Boisduval), 1836 | |
The Haliphron Birdwing (Troides haliphron) is a birdwing butterfly confined to Sulawesi and the lesser Sunda Islands.
Description
- For terms see External morphology of Lepidoptera.
Male: The fore wings are ground colour black. The veins are bordered by white shading.The hind wings are ground colour black. There is a golden band in the discal area of the wing. The veins are black and they cleave the golden area. The underside is similar.
Female: Troides haliphron is sexually dimorphic.The female is larger than the male. The ground colour of the female is brown. The veins are bordered by white shading. There is a yellow area with dark veins on the hind wings. There is one chain of black spots is in the yellow area. The underside is similar.
The abdomen is dark-brown, and the underside has yellow spots. Head and thorax are black. The nape has a red hair-coat.
Taxonomy
Troides staudingeri has at times been considered a subspecies of Troides haliphron.
Subspecies celebensis- the status of this taxon is uncertain. It has been placed within Troides criton, and Troides oblongomaculatus. It may be a hybrid with Troides helena hephaestus.
Subspecies
A number of other subspecies have been described from different islands. They are:
- T. h. celebensis - possibly central Celebes (see Taxonomy)
- T. h. haliphron - South Celebes
- T. h. naias - Sumba
- T. h. socrates - Wetar and Sumbawa (probably a local form and not a subspecies)
- T. h. selayarensis - Selayar Islands
Biology
The larva feeds on species Aristolochia.
Related species
Troides haliphron 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
- Collins, N.M. & Morris, M.G. (1985) Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World. IUCN. ISBN 2-88032-603-6 pdf
- D'Abrera, B. (1975) Birdwing Butterflies of the World. Country Life Books, London.
- Haugum, J. & Low, A.M. 1978-1985. A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies. 2 volumes. Scandinavian Press, Klampenborg; 663 pp.
- Kurt Rumbucher and Oliver Schäffler, 2004 Part 19, Papilionidae X. Troides III. in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. Butterflies of the World. Keltern : Goecke & Evers ISBN 978-3-937783-02-4
External links
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- Troides haliphron at Ngypal
- www.butterflycorner.net Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien(English/German)
- Sulawesi Lowland Rain Forests Ecoregion