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Troides helena (Red helen swallowtail)

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Wikipedia Abstract

Troides helena, the common birdwing, is a butterfly belonging to the family Papilionidae. It is often found in the wildlife trade due to its popularity with butterfly collectors. The butterfly has seventeen subspecies.
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Infraspecies

Troides helena antileuca
Troides helena cerberus
Troides helena cerebrus
Troides helena helena

Attributes

Wing Span [1]  6 inches (.165 m)

Prey / Diet

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Papilio demolion (Banded swallowtail)1
Papilio dialis (Swallowtail)1
Papilio memnon (Great mormon swallowtail)4
Papilio protenor (Tiger swallowtail)2
Phyllocnistis citrella (Citrus leafminer)2

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Clerodendrum trichotomum (harlequin glorybower)[2]
Pittosporum tobira (Japanese cheesewood)[2]
Weigela hortensis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1PRESENT STATUS OF SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLIES IN GARBHANGA RESERVE FOREST, ASSAM, INDIA, K.K. Barua, D. Kakati and J. Kalita, ZOOS' PRINT JOURNAL 19(4): 1439-1441 (2004)
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 3HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0