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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 to the Philippines. The Philippine Islands are in the Indomalayan realm.
Pachliopta kotzebuea, the pink rose, is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae (the swallowtails). ... (Philippines (western and central Luzon)) P. k. mataconga ...
Troides magellanus, the Magellan birdwing, is a large and striking species of birdwing butterfly found in the Philippines and on Taiwan's Orchid Island. This butterfly is named for the explorer Ferdinand Magellan who was killed in the Philippines in 1521.
Trogonoptera trojana, the Palawan birdwing or triangle birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly of the family Papilionidae.It is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines.It is one of only two species in its genus, the other being the more widespread Rajah Brooke's birdwing, where the male has larger green markings on the hindwings.
Papilio chikae, the Luzon peacock swallowtail, is a species of butterfly in the family Papilionidae. It was first described in 1965 and is endemic to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. [4] [5] It is listed as endangered by the IUCN and ESA, [1] [6] and is included on Appendix I of CITES, [7] thereby making commercial international trade ...
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.
Arhopala tephlis unnoi is a subspecies of the butterfly Arhopala tephlis in the family Lycaenidae. The subspecies was first described by Hisakazu Hayashi in 1976. It was found on Palawan in the Philippines. This subspecies is distributed on Batanes, Bohol, Calamian, Cebu, Cmiguin de Luzon, Leyte, Luzon, Mindanao, Samar, Sibuyan except Palawan ...
Pachliopta strandi is a species of butterfly from the family Papilionidae that is found in the Philippines. ... (Page & Treadaway, 1997) (Philippines: Panay, Guiamaras)