Sri Lankan Birdwing
Troides darsius
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Papilionidae
Troides darsius, the Sri Lankan birdwing, is a species of birdwing butterfly found in Sri Lanka. It is the largest butterfly on the island and is also the national butterfly of Sri Lanka. Among the largest and most gaudy of the Ceylon Lepidoptera is the great black and yellow butterfly (Ornithoptera darsius, Gray); the upper wings, of which measure six inches (15 cm) across, are of deep velvet black, the lower, ornamented by large particles of satiny yellow, through which the sunlight passes, and few insects can compare with it in beauty, as it hovers over the flowers of the heliotrope, which…
Troides darsius est une espèce de papillon de la famille des Papilionidae, de la sous-famille des Papilioninae et du genre Troides. C'est le plus grand papillon du Sri Lanka. Taxinomie Troides darsius a été décrite par George Robert Gray en 1853 sous le nom initial de Papilio darsius.
Troides darsius (nombre común en inglés "Sri Lankan birdwing") es una especie de mariposa que se encuentra en Sri Lanka. Es la mariposa más grande de la isla. Entre los lepidópteros más grandes y coloridos de Sri Lanka se encuentra la gran mariposa negra y amarilla Ornithoptera darsius, Gray.
Distribution
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