Troides prattorum
Species of butterfly
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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 | |
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| Troides prattorum male and female | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Troides |
| Species: | T. prattorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Troides prattorum | |
Troides prattorum is a butterfly with a large wingspan, varying from 150 mm to 170 mm with a black body.
The forewings are black in the male, dark brown or black in the female with veins edged with white. The hindwings are seen yellow or green or blue by an optical effect. They are veined with black and edged with a black festoon.
Females are larger than males
It is commercially bred, but supplies of this butterfly are sporadic, so it is still very rare in collections.[1]
Related species
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)
