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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Trogonoptera brookiana

Habitat:

Tropical rainforest

Notes:

First described by Alfred R. Wallace in Borneo, and named after the first Rajah of Sarawak, Sir James Brooke. It is the National Butterfly of Malaysia.

1 Species ID Suggestions

OnengDyah
OnengDyah 11 years ago
Palawan Birdwing.
Troides Trojana Palawan Birdwing.


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4 Comments

Atul
Atul 11 years ago

wow cool!

VivBraznell
VivBraznell 12 years ago

Beautiful spotting!

JJ_Andin
JJ_Andin 12 years ago

Wingspan is about 15-17cm :)

Saarbrigger
Saarbrigger 12 years ago

Beautiful. What szize was the wing span?

JJ_Andin
Spotted by
JJ_Andin

George Town, Kedah, Malaysia

Spotted on Feb 18, 2011
Submitted on Aug 26, 2011

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