Troides prattorum
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T. prattorum
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The Buru Opalescent Birdwing (Troides prattorum) is a species of butterfly in the Papilionidae family. It is endemic to Buru.
It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.[citation needed]
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 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
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Wikispecies has information related to: Troides prattorum |
- Butterfly corner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien(English/German)
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests.Buru.Ecoregion
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