Thursday 14 May 2015

Borneo Birdwing (Troides andromache)

Photo taken at Poring Butterfly Farm, Sabah.

Photo taken at Poring Butterfly Farm, Sabah.


Family of Papilionidae. 
They are few species or subspecies Birdwing is about the same.
It either is Borneo Birdwing (Troides andromache).
Or subspecies of Malay Birdwing 
  • T. a. flavicollis (Druce, 1873) (northern Borneo


Borneo Birdwing (Troides Andromache)
The wingspan ranges from 150 mm to 180 mm (female), the hindwings are discreetly scalloped. The body is black with yellow marks on the ventral abdomen. Troides andromache is sexually dimorphic. 
Males have black upperside forewings.The underside of the forewings is black marked, in the postdiscal area and between the veins, with white. The hindwings are yellow with black veins and have a border of marginal black triangles. 
Females have white forewings with black veins lined with grey. The black veined yellow hind wings have wide-bordered black margin and a wide submarginal formed of confluent black spots.

Male

Female
Picture from  http://www.nagypal.net/images/zzandrom.htm#andromache

Malay Birdwing (Troides Amphrysus)
Subspecies Troides Amphrysus Flavicollis
Male

Based on this two pictures of the species, i believed the pictures that i taken is Borneo Birdwing.



*Family = 科, Papilionidae = 凤蝶