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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 ...
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.
T. magellanus shows a blue-green sheen if viewed from an oblique angle.Troides magellanus and the much rarer T. prattorum, are noted for their use of limited-view iridescence: the yellow of the dorsal hindwings is modified by bright blue-green iridescence which is only seen when the butterfly is viewed at a narrow, oblique angle.
Troides magellanus, also known as the Magellan birdwing butterfly About 70% of the Philippines' nearly 21,000 recorded insect species are found only in the country. In addition, about one-third of the 915 butterflies found here are endemic to the country, and over 110 of the more than 130 species of tiger beetle are found nowhere else.
The food-plants are trees with large leaves divided into five lobes [Hernandia, Annona, Uvaria [2]].The butterfly has a very swift and straight flight; it mostly flies high in the air among the tops of trees, yet it often darts down with lightning speed to feed at flowers or rotten fruit (with which it can be baited); it is especially often seen at the sea-shore, where it is fond of drinking ...
Papilio hipponous hipponous (Philippines (Camiguin de Luzon, Luzon)) Papilio hipponous leptosephus Fruhstorfer, 1909 (Assam) Papilio hipponous lunifer Rothschild, 1894 (Talaud, Sangie Islands) Papilio hipponous lynn (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Cuyo Islands)) Papilio hipponous madil (Page & Treadaway, 2003) (Philippines (Busuanga))
Cyrestis maenalis, the common mapwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. ... Cyrestis maenalis maenalis (northern Philippines)
Papilio polytes, the common Mormon, [2] [3] is a common species of swallowtail butterfly widely distributed across Asia. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This butterfly is known for the mimicry displayed by the numerous forms of its females which mimic inedible red-bodied swallowtails, such as the common rose and the crimson rose .