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.
staudingeri Rob. Male: forewing similar to that of iris, beneath with purer white stripes; hindwing almost as in naias, but always with 6 gold discal spots round the cell and the cell-spot more transversely truncate; the harpe similar to that of iris, almost symmetrical, whilst in the other haliphron-forms, it is almost hook-shaped. Female with broader vein-streaks on the forewing than in iris [ssp. (below)]; on the hindwing in addition to the cell-spot 6 gold spots, of which the first and last are much larger than in iris and ariadne [ssp. (below)] ; the median veins at least beneath accompanied by yellow-grey stripes, similar stripes or small submarginal spots also often on the radials. Collar and breast in male and female red. Loeang, Dammer and Babber.
Like T. haliphron, T. staudingeri is a lowland species.
The specific name staudingeri honours the German entomologist Otto Staudinger.
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.
Troides staudingeri is a member of the Troides haliphron species group. The members of this clade are:
Other literature at Troides