Troides staudingeri
Conservation status
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Papilionidae
Genus:	Troides
Species:	T. staudingeri
Binomial name
Troides staudingeri (Röber, 1888)
Synonyms
Ornithoptera staudingeri Röber, 1888

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)