TL: Indonesia, Maluku, Bacan (500 m.)
Male: The ground color of the fore wings is black. A large discal golden area has veins are black veins The underside is very similar.
Female: Troides criton is sexually dimorphic. In the female some of the veins are bordered by white colour. There is a chain of internervular black spots in the golden area. The underside is very similar.
In both sexes the abdomen is brown with a yellow underside.The head and thorax are blac and the underside of thorax has a red hair.
140-150 mm
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- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
EnglishCriton Birdwing
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Ornithoptera criton C. & R. Felder, 1860
- Subspecies
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Species Author Troides (T.) criton criton (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Troides (T.) criton critonides (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
- Troides (T.) criton is a member of the clade Troides haliphron:
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Species Author Troides (T.) criton (C. & R. Felder, 1860) Troides (T.) darsius (Gray, 1853) Troides (T.) haliphron (Boisduval, 1836) Troides (T.) plato Wallace, 1865 Troides (T.) riedeli Kirsch, 1885 Troides (T.) staudingeri (Röber, 1888) Troides (T.) vandepolli (Snellen, 1890)
- Links
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Language Website Authors The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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 | Extinct |
 | Extinct in the wild |
 | Critically endangered |
 | Endangered |
 | Vulnerable |
 | Near Threatened |
 | Least Concern |
 | Lower Risk |
 | Legally protected |
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