Troides staudingeri

Troides staudingeri is a birdwing butterfly in the genus Troides in the family Papilionidae. It is known from Leti Island, Moa Island, Kisar Island, Babar Island and Wetar Island.

Subspecies

 * T. s. staudingeri (Sermata, Luang, Babar)
 * T. s. iris (Röber, 1888) (Leti Group)
 * T. s. ariadne Rothschild, 1908 (Islands of Romang Strait)
 * T. s. heptanonius Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Damar Island)
 * T. s. ikarus Fruhstorfer, 1904 (Tanimbar, Selaru, Yamdena, Larat)
 * T. s. rikyu Arima & Morimoto, 1991 (Teun, Nila, Serua)

Biology
Like T. haliphron, T. staudingeri is a lowland species.

Biogeographic realm
Australasian realm.

Etymology
The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.

Taxonomy
Previously considered to be a subspecies of haliphron, staudingeri was raised to a full species by Haugum and Low on the basis of differences in the genitali. This was accepted by Hancock.

Related species
Troides staudingeri is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:


 * Troides haliphron (Boisduval, 1836)
 * Troides darsius (Gray, [1853])
 * Troides vandepolli (Snellen, 1890)
 * Troides criton (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
 * Troides riedeli (Kirsch, 1885)
 * Troides plato (Wallace, 1865)
 * Troides staudingeri (Röber, 1888)