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Borneo birdwing (
Troides andromache
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Birdwings are large, tropical butterflies of the Papilionidae family and include arguably some of the most spectacular, butterfly ...
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Ceylon rose (
Atrophaneura jophon jophon
)
The Ceylon rose is a beautiful and extremely rare swallowtail butterfly found only in Sri Lanka. It is black and white in colour w...
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African giant swallowtail (
Papilio antimachus
)
The beautiful African giant swallowtail has the distinction of being the largest butterfly in Africa. Its long, narrow wings are ...
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Chimaera birdwing (
Ornithoptera chimaera
)
The upperside of the forewings of the male chimaera birdwing are black with three streaks of yellowish-green scales. The hindwings...
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Apollo butterfly (
Parnassius apollo
)
The Apollo is a beautiful white butterfly, decorated with large black spots on the forewings and red eye-spots on the hindwings. T...
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Common birdwing (
Troides helena
)
The common birdwing is amongst the largest and most beautiful butterflies in Asia. The dramatic contrast of golden yellow hind-win...
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Buru opalescent birdwing (
Troides prattorum
)
Confined to the island of Buru, Indonesia, this huge and spectacular black and yellow butterfly is named for the unusual, opalesce...
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Ceylon birdwing (
Troides darsius
)
The Ceylon birdwing is one of the largest butterflies of Sri Lanka. Like most other Troides birdwings, the male is adorned with br...
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Lime butterfly (
Papilio demoleus
)
Information on the lime butterfly is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...
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Queen Alexandra’s birdwing (
Ornithoptera alexandrae
)
Information on the Queen Alexandra’s birdwing is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...
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Talaud black birdwing (
Troides dohertyi
)
As its common name suggests, the male of this large tropical butterfly is almost entirely black on its upperside, and as such, is ...
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Rothschild’s birdwing (
Ornithoptera rothschildi
)
The narrow forewings of the male Rothschild’s birdwing are black with scattered yellowish-green scales. The oval hindwings are edg...
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Wallace’s golden birdwing butterfly (
Ornithoptera croesus
)
Information on Wallace’s golden birdwing butterfly is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly...
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