(Troides aeacus)
The Golden Birdwing is a large tropical butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family.
Conservation status: Vulnerable
Scientific Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species: T. aeacus
It has a wingspan of reaching about 15 - 16cm (5.9 - 6.3in). In the male, the forewings are black, with veins bordered by whitish colour, while the hindwings are bright yellow. The female are double the size of the males and have dark brown or black wing. They mainly feed on Aristolochia and Thottea species of plants.
Wingspan of female: 194mm (19.4cm)
Wingspan of male: 106mm (10.6cm)
It is the largest butterfly species found in the Indian Subcontinent. It is found in northern India, Nepal, Manmar (Burma), China, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Cambodia, peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia.
It has a wingspan of 194mm (19.4cm). The specimen is present in Butterfly Research Centre at Bhimtal, Uttarakhand, India.
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