Appearance
The wingspan ranges from 150 mm to 180 mm, the hindwings are discreetly scalloped. The body is black with yellow marks on the ventral abdomen. "Troides andromache" is sexually dimorphic.The males have black upperside forewings.The underside of the forewings is black marked, in the postdiscal area and between the veins, with white. The hindwings are yellow with black veins and have a border of marginal black triangles.
The females have white forewings with black veins lined with grey. The black veined yellow hind wings have wide-bordered black margin and a wide submarginal formed of confluent black spots.
Naming
The subspecies are⤷ "Troides andromache andromache" North Borneo, Sabah
⤷ "Troides andromache marapokensis" Fruhstorfer, 1899 North Borneo, Northern Sarawak.
⤷ "Troides andromache nishikawai" Kobayashi, 1992 West BorneoIn Greek mythology, Andromache was the wife of Hector and daughter of Eetion."Troides andromache" is a member of the "Troides amphrysus" species group. The members of this clade are:
⤷ "Troides amphrysus"
⤷ "Troides andromache"
⤷ "Troides cuneifera"
⤷ "Troides miranda"
Behavior
The host plants for the caterpillar are "Aristolochia" - "Aristolochia acuminata" and "Aristolochia foveolata"References:
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