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Common name: Golden Birdwing.
Latin name: Troides aeacus thomsonii.
Wingspan: about 15cm.
Range: north India to west China and Peninsular Malaysia.
Habitat: lowland primary forest.
Food plants: Thottea corymbosa and T. dependens.
Note: Specimen shown here is female.
PAPILIONIDAE ~ PAPILIONINAE ~ TROIDINI

The Golden Birdwing (Troides aeacus thomsonii)
Troides aeacus thomsonii (1)
The Golden Birdwing (Troides aecus thomsonii). © Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.

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This page revised on 19 February 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.

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