Troides prattorum, the Buru Opalescent Birdwing, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It is endemic to Buru in the Maluku Islands of Indonesia.
| Buru opalescent birdwing | |
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| Troides prattorum plate by A.E.Pratt which accompanied the original description | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. prattorum
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| Binomial name | |
| Troides prattorum | |
It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.[1]
Related species edit
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 edit
- ^ a b Böhm, M. (2018). "Troides prattorum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T22315A91185935. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T22315A91185935.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ARKive Photos and 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
External links edit
Wikispecies has information related to Troides prattorum.
- Butterflycorner Images from Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (English/German)
- Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. Buru Ecoregion
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