Troides staudingeri is a birdwing butterfly in the genus Troides in the family Papilionidae. It is known from Leti Island, Moa Island, Kisar Island, Babar Island and Wetar Island.

Troides staudingeri
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species:
T. staudingeri
Binomial name
Troides staudingeri
(Röber, 1888)
Synonyms
  • Ornithoptera staudingeri Röber, 1888

Subspecies edit

  • T. s. staudingeri (Sermata, Luang, Babar)
  • T. s. iris (Röber, 1888) (Leti Group)
  • T. s. ariadne Rothschild, 1908 (Islands of Romang Strait)
  • T. s. heptanonius Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Damar Island)
  • T. s. ikarus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tanimbar, Selaru, Yamdena, Larat)
  • T. s. rikyu Arima & Morimoto, 1991 (Teun, Nila, Serua)

Biology edit

Like T. haliphron, T. staudingeri is a lowland species.

Biogeographic realm edit

Australasian realm.

Etymology edit

The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.

Taxonomy edit

Previously considered to be a subspecies of haliphron, staudingeri was raised to a full species by Haugum and Low on the basis of differences in the genitali. This was accepted by Hancock.

Related species edit

Troides staudingeri is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:

References edit

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
  • 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.
  • D'Abrera, B. (1975) Birdwing Butterflies of the World. Country Life Books, London.
  • Haugum, J. & Low, A.M. 1978–1985. A Monograph of the Birdwing Butterflies. 2 volumes. Scandinavian Press, Klampenborg; 663 pp.
  • Hancock, D.L. (1983). Classification of the Papilionidae (Lepidoptera): a phylogenetic approach. Smithersia 2: 1-48.
  • 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

Other literature at Troides

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