Rajah Brooke's birdwing | |
---|---|
Trogonoptera brookiana albescens | |
Adult male (above) and female, dorsal surfaces | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Trogonoptera |
Species: | T. brookiana
|
Binomial name | |
Trogonoptera brookiana Wallace, 1855
| |
Synonyms | |
|
Trogonoptera brookiana, Rajah Brooke's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly from the rainforests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Natuna, Sumatra, and various small islands west of Sumatra (Banyak, Simeulue, Batu and Mentawai).[4][5] The butterfly was named by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855, after James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.[5] The larval host plants are Aristolochia acuminata and A. foveolata.[6] Adults sip flower nectar from plants such as Bauhinia.[5] Rajah Brooke's birdwing is a protected species, listed under Appendix II of CITES,[6][7] meaning that international export is restricted to those who have been granted a permit. It is the national butterfly of Malaysia.[8]
butterflycorner
was invoked but never defined (see the help page).