Troides plato
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Troides plato is a birdwing
butterfly
endemic to Timor
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Described forms are nychonia Jordan, 1908 (male),chitonia Jordan, 1908 (male) and delormei Le Moult, 1931 (female).
Birdwing
Birdwings are papilionid butterflies native to the Indian Subcontinent, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia and Australasia, and are usually regarded as belonging to three genera: Ornithoptera, Trogonoptera and Troides. Some authorities include additional genera...
butterfly
Butterfly
A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...
endemic to Timor
Timor
Timor is an island at the southern end of Maritime Southeast Asia, north of the Timor Sea. It is divided between the independent state of East Timor, and West Timor, belonging to the Indonesian province of East Nusa Tenggara. The island's surface is 30,777 square kilometres...
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Described forms are nychonia Jordan, 1908 (male),chitonia Jordan, 1908 (male) and delormei Le Moult, 1931 (female).