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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Trogonoptera brookiana

Description:

Trogonoptera brookiana having a distinctive black and electric-green color wing.

Habitat:

Found in the rainforests in Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Natuna, Sumatra, and various small islands west of Sumatra.

Notes:

Rajah Brooke's Birdwing is a protected species. Sadly, when I spotted this magnificent creature, it was already dead. Spotted in the butterfly garden in National Zoo of Malaysia.

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BenKula
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BenKula

Selangor, Malaysia

Spotted on Jun 4, 2014
Submitted on Jun 17, 2014

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