Troides rhadamantus

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Papilionidae
Subfamilia: Papilioninae
Tribus: Troidini
Subtribus: Troidina
Genus: Troides
Subgenus: Troides
Species: Troides rhadamantus
Subspecies: T. r. dohertyi – T. r. plateni – T. r. rhadamantus
Name

Troides (Troides) rhadamantus (Lucas, 1835)
Synonyms

Ornithoptera rhadamantus Lucas, 1835
Papilio nephereus Gray, 1856
Troides rhadamantus bazilanicus Fruhstorfer, 1908
Troides rhadamantus belzanor Fruhstorfer, 1911
Troides rhadamantus hesiodus Fruhstorfer, 1911

References

Okano, M. & J. Ohkura, 1979: The geographical races of Troides rhadamantus (Lucas) (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae). Artes Liberalis 24: 95–100. Full article: [1].
Page, M.G.P. & C.G. Treadaway, 2003: Butterflies of the World, Part 17: Papilionidae IX: Papilionidae of the Philippine Islands.

Vernacular names

Troides rhadamantus, the golden birdwing,[1] is a birdwing butterfly that inhabits the Philippines. The species was first described by Hippolyte Lucas in 1835. There are many subspecies on islands of the Philippines and some authors consider Troides plateni and Troides dohertyi as subspecies of T. rhadamantus.
Related species

Troides rhadamantus is a member of the Troides aecus species group. The members of this clade are:

Troides aeacus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860
Troides magellanus (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1862)
Troides minos (Cramer, [1779])
Troides rhadamantus (H. Lucas, 1835)
Troides dohertyi (Rippon, 1893)
Troides prattorum (Joicey & Talbot, 1922)

References

"Troides rhadamantus Lucas, 1835". Insecta.pro. Retrieved February 7, 2020