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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Trogonoptera brookiana

Photo by JJ_Andin
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Notes:

First described by Alfred R. Wallace in Borneo, and named after the first Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke. It is the National Butterfly of Malaysia.

Reference Links:

Trogonoptera brookiana

Species ID Suggestions

Palawan Birdwing.

Troides Trojana

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