Troides

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title: "Troides" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["butterfly-genera", "papilionidae", "taxa-named-by-jacob-hübner"] description: "Butterfly genus" topic_path: "general/butterfly-genera" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troides" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Butterfly genus ::

| name = Troides | image = Troides collection.JPG | image_caption = Collection of Troides butterflies | taxon = Troides | authority = Hübner, 1819 | type_species = Papilio helena | type_species_authority = Linnaeus, 1758

Troides is a genus of birdwing butterflies, comprising species found in the Indian subcontinent, southeast Asia, and Oceania.

Species

Twenty one species are recognized:{{Catalogue of Life |id=82XH |title=Troides |option= |access-date=4 June 2021

: subgenus: Ripponia ::* Troides hypolitus – Rippon's birdwing : subgenus: Troides :: species group: Troides aeacus :::* Troides aeacus – golden birdwing :::* Troides dohertyi – Talaud black birdwing :::* Troides magellanus – Magellan birdwing :::* Troides minos – southern birdwing :::* Troides plateni – Dr. Platen's birdwing :::* Troides prattorum – Buru opalescent birdwing :::* Troides rhadamantus – golden birdwing :: species group: Troides amphrysus :::* Troides amphrysus – Malay birdwing :::* Troides andromache – Borneo birdwing :::* Troides cuneifera :::* Troides miranda – Miranda birdwing :: species group: Troides haliphron :::* Troides criton – Criton birdwing :::* Troides darsius – Sri Lankan birdwing :::* Troides haliphron – haliphron birdwing :::* Troides plato – silver birdwing :::* Troides riedeli – Riedel's birdwing :::* Troides staudingeri :::* Troides vandepolli – van de Poll's birdwing :: species group: Troides helena :::* Troides helena – common birdwing :::* Troides oblongomaculatus – oblong-spotted birdwing

References

References

1. {{ButMoth. 29900.0. Troides
2. Markku, Savela. "Lepidoptera and some other life forms".
3. . ["Troides"](https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Troides/classification/).

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