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Troides riedeli

Riedel's birdwing
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species: T. riedeli
Binomial name
Troides riedeli
Kirsch, 1885

Troides riedeli, or Riedel's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands, part of the Maluku Islands archipelago in Indonesia.

Very little is known of the life history and distribution.

Australasian ecozone

Troides riedeli is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:



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