Golden birdwing | |
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Male, upperside | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Papilionidae |
Genus: | Troides |
Species: | T. rhadamantus |
Binomial name | |
Troides rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835) |
Troides rhadamantus, the golden birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.
Troides rhadamantus is a member of the Troides aecus species group. The members of this clade are: