Common name: Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing.
Latin name: Troides brookiana albescens.
Wingspan: about 15–17cm.
Range: Peninsular Malaysia. Similar-looking subspecies occur in Sumatra, Borneo, the Natuna Islands and Palawan.
Habitat: primary forests on the rolling foothills of the Main Range.
Food plant: Aristolochia foveolata.
Note: Specimen shown here is male.
Latin name: Troides brookiana albescens.
Wingspan: about 15–17cm.
Range: Peninsular Malaysia. Similar-looking subspecies occur in Sumatra, Borneo, the Natuna Islands and Palawan.
Habitat: primary forests on the rolling foothills of the Main Range.
Food plant: Aristolochia foveolata.
Note: Specimen shown here is male.
PAPILIONIDAE ~ PAPILIONINAE ~ TROIDINI
Rajah Brooke’s Birdwing (Troides brookiana albescens)
Rajah Brooke's Birdwing (Troides brookiana albescens).
© Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.
© Chin Fah Shin. All rights reserved.
This page revised on 19 February 2003. Copyright © Chin Fah Shin.
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