Troides prattorum: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Genus
- Troides
- Species
- Troides prattorum
- Scientific Name
- Troides prattorum
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Troides prattorum
Troides prattorum, the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
Troides prattorum is a butterfly with a large wingspan, varying from 150 mm to 170 mm with a black body.
The forewings are black in the male, dark brown or black in the female with veins edged with white. The hindwings are seen yellow or green or blue by an optical effect. They are veined with black and edged with a black festoon.
Females are larger than males
It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.
...Troides prattorum in languages:
- English
- Buru Opalescent Birdwing
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Troides aeacus
- Troides amphrysus
- Troides andromache
- Troides ariadne
- Troides criton
- Troides cuneifera
- Troides darsius
- Troides dohertyi
- Troides haliphron
- Troides helena
- Troides ikarus
- Troides insularis
- Troides magellanus
- Troides minos
- Troides miranda
- Troides mixtum
- Troides nymphalides
- Troides oblongomaculatus
- Troides plato
- Troides prattorum
- Troides rhadamantus
- Troides riedeli
- Troides staudingeri
- Troides tantalus
- Troides vandepolli