Troides prattorum
Troides prattorum, the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
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| Troides prattorum plate by A.E.Pratt which accompanied the original description | |
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| Species: | T. prattorum |
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It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.[1]
Related species
Troides prattorum is a member of the Troides aeacus species group. The members of this clade are:
- Troides aeacus C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Troides magellanus (C. & R. Felder, 1862)
- Troides minos (Cramer, [1779])
- Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
- Troides dohertyi (Rippon, 1893)
- Troides prattorum (Joicey & Talbot, 1922)
References
- Gimenez Dixon, M. 1996. Troides prattorum. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.
- ARKive Photos and more information
- Ohya, Takashi,1980) Troides prattorum. Rhopalocerists' Magazine 4(4):5-10, plate.
- Kurt Rumbucher; Béla von Knötgen, 1999 Part.6, Papilionidae. 3, Troides. 1 aeacus- group in Erich Bauer and Thomas Frankenbach Eds. Butterflies of the World Keltern: Goecke & Evers 1999. ISBN 978-3-931374-72-3
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Troides prattorum. |
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (English/German)
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Buru Ecoregion
- "Buru Opalescent Birdwing". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020.
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