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Malay Birdwing

Troides amphrysus

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Description:

Feeding on flowers around the BnB lodge where we were staying in the jungle.

Habitat:

Equatorial lowland rainforest.

Reference Links:

Troides amphrysus - Wikipedia

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Malay Birdwing

Troides amphrysus

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ChunXingWong
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Comments (12)
maplemoth662
A beautiful butterfly....beautiful colors....
ChunXingWong
Yes. The males of Borneo Birdwing have darker forewings while the females have white forewings.
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thaks Chun, I have corrected the names. I see the Borneo Birdwing has darker upper forewings.
ChunXingWong
Awesome shots Malcolm! This is a T. amphrysus (male) which is found in several SE Asian countries. It is similar to Troides andromache but T. andromache is rare and found in higher elevations too.
AntónioGinjaGinja
Great series Malcolm,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
The MnMs
You are welcome, is very pretty! :-)
DanielePralong
It's only the second one on Project Noah! The other one was spotted by Albert Kang: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/1883806002
Malcolm Wilton-Jones
Thanks Daniele, it was a lucky catch, we were waiting for our onward transport at the time.
DanielePralong
Congratulations Malcolm, this beautiful butterfly endemic to Borneo is our Spotting if the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10156993327935603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/739245526814732288

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