Troides andromache
{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Borneo birdwing
| image = Troides andromacheStaudinger, 1892.JPG
| status = VU
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status2 = CITES_A2
| status2_system = CITES
| status2_ref = {{Cite web|title=Appendices {{!}} CITES|url=https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date=2022-01-14|website=cites.org}}
| genus = Troides
| species = andromache
| authority = (Staudinger, 1892)
| synonyms =
}}
Troides andromache, the Borneo birdwing or Kinabalu Birdwing,{{cite web |title=Kinabalu Birdwing Project - SBBT |url=https://www.sbbt.org.uk/kinabalu-birdwing-project/ |access-date=7 January 2024 |date=3 December 2017}} is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is found only in Borneo. In 2023, it was selected as the official state butterfly of the state of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo.{{cite web |last1=Miwil |first1=Olivia |title=Passing of butterfly expert a big loss to Sabah {{!}} New Straits Times |url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2024/01/997850/passing-butterfly-expert-big-loss-sabah |website=NST Online |access-date=7 January 2024 |language=en |date=6 January 2024}}
Description
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The wingspan ranges from 150 to 180 mm (female), the hindwings are discreetly scalloped. The body is black with yellow marks on the ventral abdomen. Troides andromache is sexually dimorphic.
The males have black upperside forewings. The underside of the forewings is black marked, in the postdiscal area and between the veins, with white. The hindwings are yellow with black veins and have a border of marginal black triangles.
The females have white forewings with black veins lined with grey. The black veined yellow hindwings have wide-bordered black margin and a wide submarginal formed of confluent black spots.Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Subspecies
The subspecies are
Biology
The host plants for the caterpillar are Aristolochia - A. acuminata and A. foveolata.
Biotope
Troides andromache is found in rain forest canopy in the mountains of Borneo at an elevation of 1,000 to 2,900 m.
Etymology
In Greek mythology, Andromache (/ænˈdrɒməkiː/; ancient Greek: Ἀνδρομάχη) was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion.
Related species
Troides andromache is a member of the Troides amphrysus species group. The members of this clade are:
- Troides amphrysus (Cramer, [1779])
- Troides andromache (Staudinger, 1892)
- Troides cuneifera (Oberthür, 1879)
- Troides miranda (Butler, 1869)
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- {{cite book |last1=Collins |first1=N. Mark |last2=Morris |first2=Michael G. |date=1985 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/98674#page/7/mode/1up |title=Threatened Swallowtail Butterflies of the World: The IUCN Red Data Book |publisher=IUCN |location=Gland & Cambridge |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.
- Staudinger, O. 1892 Ornithoptera andromache n. Sp. Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 5:393-394.
- Kurt Rumbucher,Béla von Knötgen and Oliver Schäffler, Knötgen 1999 Part 7, Papilionidae IV. Troides II., amphrysus-group in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. Butterflies of the World. Keltern: Goecke & Evers {{ISBN|978-3-931374-74-7}}.
External links
{{Wikispecies|Troides andromache}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080218083641/http://www.arkive.org/species/GES/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Troides_andromache/ ARKive] Photo and more information.
- [http://en.butterflycorner.net/Troides-andromache.996.0.html Butterflycorner] Images from [[Naturhistorisches Museum|
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien]] (English/German)
- [http://www.nagypal.net/ttandrom.htm Nagypal]
- [http://worldwildlife.org/ecoregions/im0103 Borneo Montane Rain Forests Ecoregion]
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Category:Butterflies of Borneo
Category:Endemic fauna of Borneo
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Category:Butterflies described in 1892
Category:Taxa named by Otto Staudinger
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