| Criton birdwing | |
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| Male (above) and female | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. criton
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| Binomial name | |
| Troides criton
Felder, 1860
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Troides criton, the Criton birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly found on the islands of Morotai, Halmahera, Bali, Bacan, Ternate and Obi in Indonesia.
Description
Troides criton is sexually dimorphic.
Male: The ground colour of the forewings is black. A large discal golden area has veins are black veins. The underside is very similar.
Female: In the female some of the veins are bordered by white. There is a chain of internervular black spots in the golden area. The underside is very similar.
In both sexes the abdomen is brown with a yellow underside. The head and thorax are black and the underside of thorax has a red hair.
Subspecies
- Troides criton criton Sulawesi, Moluccas, Morotai, Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera, Kasiruta, Sula Islands, Bacan
- Troides criton critonides (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Obi Islands
Related species
Troides criton 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
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- D'Abrera, B. (1975). Birdwing Butterflies of the World. Country Life Books, London.
- Collins, N. Mark; Morris, Michael G. (1985). Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book. Gland & Cambridge: IUCN. ISBN 978-2-88032-603-6 – via Biodiversity Heritage Library.
- Felder, C. & R. Felder (1865-1875). Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte "Novara" um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Befehlen Commodore B. von Wullerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band:Abtheilung. Wien: vi + 548 + [1] pp in 5 parts, 140 pls.
- 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
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (English/German)
- Nagypal
- Halmahera Rain Forests Ecoregion
- Sulawesi Lowland Rain Forests
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