Troides cuneifera (Oberthür, 1879)

Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Troidini → genus Troides → species Troides cuneifera
Species name(s)
Troides cuneifera (Oberthür, 1879) = Troides amphrysus cuneifer = Troides cuneifer.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Indo-Malayan.

Detailed information with references
Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 135-160 mm. Similar to T. amphrysus, but thorax beneath with second and third segment reddened; HW (hind - wing) in male has strongly tinted with green, HW in female having submarginal spots separated from marginal spots whereas those of the former species usually conjoined. It is usually confined to high elevation above 750 meters. [144]. Svetlana Shchavelina.
Subspecies Troides cuneifera
- T. c. cuneifera (Oberthür, 1879).
- T. c. paeninsulae (Pendlebury, 1936).
- T. c. sumatranus (Hagen, 1894).
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Evgeny Komarov, Alex Dumchus. Text data: Svetlana Shchavelina.
Main characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [85] Lepidoptera.ru (Insecta.pro previous version / cтарая версия Insecta.pro)
- [144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
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