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Troides amphrysus
Feeding on flowers around the BnB lodge where we were staying in the jungle.
Equatorial lowland rainforest.
Yes. The males of Borneo Birdwing have darker forewings while the females have white forewings.
Thaks Chun, I have corrected the names. I see the Borneo Birdwing has darker upper forewings.
Awesome shots Malcolm! This is a T. amphrysus (male) which is found in several SE Asian countries.
It is similar to Troides andromache but T. andromache is rare and found in higher elevations too.
Great series Malcolm,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
It's only the second one on Project Noah! The other one was spotted by Albert Kang:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/188...
Thanks Daniele, it was a lucky catch, we were waiting for our onward transport at the time.
Congratulations Malcolm, this beautiful butterfly endemic to Borneo is our Spotting if the Day!
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Spotted on Mar 13, 2016
Submitted on Jun 4, 2016
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