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  2. Troides (Troides) cuneifera
Troides cuneifera(Oberthür, 1879)
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  1. Papilionidae
  2. Papilioninae
  3. Troidini
  4. Troides
  5. Troides
  6.  cuneifera
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TL:   (400 - 2000 m.)

Male: The fore wings are ground colour black. There are some yellow postdiscal stripes which may be faint.. The underside of the fore wings is very similar. The hind wings of are golden-yellow. The veins and the edge of the wing are black. There is a chain of post discal black spots. The underside of the hind wings is very similar. The abdomen is light-brown and has two black spots. The underside of the abdomen is yellow. The head and thorax are black. Female: Troides cuneifera is sexually dimorphic. The female is larger than the male. The wing ground colour is dark-brown. The veins are bordered by white shading. There is a golden-yellow area with dark veins on the hind wings. At the outer edge there is a marginal chain of yellow spots. The underside is very similar.

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  • Troides (Troides) amphrysus
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  • FamilyLatin nameVernacular name
    AristolochiaceaeAristolochia foveolata
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  • SpeciesAuthor
    Troides (Troides) cuneifera cuneifera(Oberthür, 1879)
    Troides (Troides) cuneifera paeninsulaePendlebury, 1936
    Troides (Troides) cuneifera sumatranusHagen, 1894
  • Troides (Troides) cuneifera is a member of the clade Troides amphrysus:
  • SpeciesAuthor
    Troides (Troides) amphrysus(Cramer, [1780])
    Troides (Troides) andromache(Staudinger, 1892)
    Troides (Troides) cuneifera(Oberthür, 1879)
    Troides (Troides) miranda(Butler, 1869)
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