Troides riedeli

Riedel's birdwing
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species:
T. riedeli
Binomial name
Troides riedeli
Kirsch, 1885

Troides riedeli, or Riedel's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Tanimbar Islands, part of the Maluku Islands archipelago in Indonesia.

Very little is known of the life history and distribution.

Biogeographic realm

Plate from Icones Ornithopterorum

Australasian realm

Troides riedeli is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:

References

  1. ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.