Biology:Troides staudingeri

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Troides staudingeri
Troides staudingeri iris MHNT.jpg
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification edit
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

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.

Subspecies

  • 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

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

Biogeographic realm

Australasian realm.

Etymology

The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.

Taxonomy

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

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

References

Other literature at Troides

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3539881 entry