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Troides rhadamantus, the tropical golden birdwing, [2] is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1835. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus .
This is a list of the 907 species of butterflies of the Philippines. The Philippine archipelago is one of the world's great reservoirs of biodiversity and endemism . The archipelago includes over 7000 islands (allowing intense allopatric speciation ), a total land area of 300,780 km 2 and diverse ecoregions . 352 butterfly species are endemic ...
The species is also highly prized by collectors, and because of its rarity, this butterfly fetches a very high price on the black market, reportedly US$8,500-10,000 in the United States in 2007. [10] In 2001, renowned Canadian researcher Gilles Deslisle was fined CA$50,000 for illegally importing six specimens of Queen Alexandra's birdwings. [11]
Image credits: @dianamurguta Another extraordinary butterfly to mention could be Queen Alexandra's birdwing. They are known as the biggest butterflies in the world, reaching an impressive wingspan ...
Included among the birdwings are some of the largest butterflies in the world: the largest, Queen Alexandra's birdwing; the second largest, the Goliath birdwing; the largest butterfly endemic to Australia, the Cairns birdwing; and the largest butterfly in India, the southern birdwing.
Lyssa zampa, the tropical swallowtail moth or Laos brown butterfly, [1] is a moth of the family Uraniidae. The species was first described by British entomologist Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1869. [2] The species is native to a wide range of tropical South-East Asia: Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines. [3]
The garden is a collection of a hundred butterfly food plant species. [3] Among these plants are 50 local and foreign species of butterflies. Some rare species are hatched in captivity and later released. Inside the salon is Jumalon's collection of butterflies and other insects, and the histories of butterfly species.
A unique hotel in the Philippines has set a new Guinness World Record for being the world’s largest building shaped like a chicken.. The 10-storey-high rooster hatched at the Campuestohan ...