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Troides magellanus (Birdwing butterfly)

Synonyms: Ornithoptera magellanus

Wikipedia Abstract

Troides magellanus, the Magellan birdwing, is a large and striking 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.
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Infraspecies

Troides magellanus magellanus
Troides magellanus sonani

Prey / Diet

Aristolochia acuminata (Indian birthwort)[1]
Aristolochia debilis[1]
Aristolochia zollingeriana[1]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit 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.
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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