Troides amphrysus
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Troides amphrysus is a birdwing
butterfly
in the genus
Troides in the papilionidae family
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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...
in the genus
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Troides in the papilionidae family
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
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Subspecies
- T. a. amphrysus (Java, Bali)
- T. a. ruficollis (Butler, 1879 (Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Burma)
- T. a. euthydemus (Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Sumatra)
- T. a. actinotia Jordan, 1909 (southern Borneo)
- T. a. flavicollis (Druce, 1873) (northern Borneo)
- T. a. niasicus (Fruhstorfer, 1898) (Nias)
- T. a. vistara Fruhstorfer, 1906 (Batu Island)
- T. a. astrea Hayami, 1992 (Banyak Island)
- T. a. arkumene Hayami, 1994 (Tioman)
- T. a. chrysomelas Parrott & Schmid, 1984 (Natuna)
- T. a. simeuluensis Ohya, 1985 (Simeuluë, Babi Island)
- T. a. perintis Kobayashi, 1986 (Tambelan Island)
- T. a. kuris Kobayashi & Hayami, 1987 (Anambas Island)
- T. a. hilbert Hayami, 1992 (Karimata)
- T. a. merah Kobayashi & Hayami, 1992 (Simuk, Batu Island)
- T. a. zeus Kobayashi & Hayami, 1992 (Sipora, Siberut, Mentawai)
- T. a. naokoae (Morita, 1996) (Langkawi)
- T. a. kecilensis (Schäffler, 1999) (P. Laut Kecil)