
"Trogonoptera brookiana", Rajah Brooke's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly from the rainforests of the Thai-Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Natuna, Sumatra, and various small islands west of Sumatra. The butterfly was named by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855, after James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Apr 19, 2011. Captured Jan 9, 2011 12:53.
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