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Yellow Birdwing

Troides helena

Photo by LizaFandino
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Endangered large black and yellow tropical butterfly.

Habitat:

Native to Malaysian lowlands. This butterfly's home was in the Penang Butterfly Farm where they are captive breeding this endangered local species.

Reference Links:

Bring Back The Endangered Yellow Birdwings by Penang Butterfly Farm

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Comments (4)
KarenL
Beautiful! Welcome to project Noah Liza!
Ashish
Very Nice spotting..!!

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PublishedFebruary 23, 2012

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