Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Papilionidae → subfamily Papilioninae → tribe Troidini → genus Troides → species Troides helena

Species name(s)

Troides helena (Linnaeus, 1758) = Papilio helena Linnaeus, 1758 = Papilio pompeus Cramer, [1775] = Papilio astenous Fabricius, 1775 = Papilio helicaon Fabricius, 1793 = Amphrisius nymphalides Swainson, 1833 = Troides (Troides) helena = Papilio pompeus Cramer, [1775 = Troides ferrari Tytler 1926 = Troides helena mannus Fruhstorfer , 1908 = Ornithoptera helena euthycrates Fruhstorfer , 1913 = Ornithoptera helena mosychlus Fruhstorfer , 1913 = Ornithoptera helena sagittatus Fruhstorfer 1896 = Troides helena propinquus Rothschild 1895 = Troides helena rayae Deslisle, 1991 = Troides helena dempoensis Deslisle 1993. [9, 85, 187]

Common Birdwing.

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Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Indo-Malayan.

Primary colors

Yellow, Brown/Gray/Black.

Detailed information with references

Distribution

Sulawesi Island (Greater Sunda Islands). Eh ... [49].
Sulawesi Island (Greater Sunda Islands). [85].

Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species

Front wings - black velvet back - velvet golden yellow with a black edge. Spurs are not available. [49].
Wingspan 100-140 mm. FW (fore - wing) is black, HW (hind - wing) yellow with black markings, including marginal spots along the HW margin, but no internal black dusting on the inner edges of these spots. In f. eumagos (Jordan, 1909), male with an additional black submarginal spot in space 2 and conjoined with marginal spot, in female there is another complete series of submarginal black spots and not conjoined with marginal spots. The other form f. cerberus, male with an additional series submarginal spots and two of them in spaces 2 and 3 conjoined with marginal spots. Female is similar to the male and conjoined in spaces 2, 3 and 4. [144].
The front wings are black velvet, the rear wings are golden yellow velvet with a black edge. No spurs. [85].

Subspecies of Troides helena

Troides helena antileuca Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. bunguranensis Ohya, 1982. [85]
T. h. cerberus (C. & R. Felder, 1865). [85]
T. h. demeter Rumbucher & Schäffler, 2005. [85]
T. h. dempoensis Deslisle, 1993. [85]
T. h. euthycrates (Fruhstorfer, 1913). [85]
T. h. ferrari Tytler, 1926. [85]
T. h. hahneli Rumbucher & Schäffler, 2005. [85]
T. h. helena (Linnaeus, 1758). [85]
T. h. heliconoides (Moore, 1877). [85]
T. h. hephaestus (Felder, 1865). [85]
T. h. hermes Hayami, 1991. [85]
T. h. hypnos Rumbucher & Schäffler, 2005. [85]
T. h. isara Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. mannus Fruhstorfer, 1908. [85]
T. h. mopa Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. mosychlus Fruhstorfer, 1913. [85]
T. h. neoris Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. nereides Fruhstorfer, 1906. [85]
T. h. nereis Doherty, 1891. [85]
T. h. orientis Parrott, 1991. [85]
T. h. propinquus Rothschild, 1895. [85]
T. h. rayae Deslisle, 1991. [85]
T. h. sagittatus Fruhstorfer, 1896. [85]
T. h. spilotia Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. sugimotoi Hanafusa, 1992. [85]
T. h. typhaon Rothschild, 1908. [85]
T. h. venus Hayami, 1991. [85]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Svetlana Shchavelina, Peter Khramov.

Text data: Peter Khramov, Svetlana Shchavelina.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

[9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
[49] Алексеев В. Г., Бабенко В. Г. Атлас бабочек. М.: Росмэн-Пресс, 2005
[85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
[144] Pisuth Ek-Amnuay "Butterflies of Thailand". 2nd Revised edition. Bangkok, 2012
[187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org