Rajah Brooke's birdwing
Rajah Brooke's birdwing is a huge butterfly from the rainforests of Southeast Asia. The boy has black wings with bright electric-green stripes shaped like teeth, and a bright red head. Its wings are wider than a grown-up's hand.
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Fun facts
It is the national butterfly of Malaysia.
Each front wing of the boy has seven green markings shaped like teeth.
The girl is browner, with bright white flashes on her wing tips.
It is protected, so people need a special permit to take it out of the country.
Most asked questions about Rajah Brooke's birdwing
?How big is Rajah Brooke's birdwing?
Its wings are 15 to 17 centimetres across, bigger than a grown-up's hand.
?Who is Rajah Brooke's birdwing named after?
James Brooke, who ruled Sarawak on the island of Borneo and was called the Rajah.
?Where does Rajah Brooke's birdwing live?
In the rainforests of Malaysia, southern Thailand, Borneo and Sumatra.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Trogonoptera brookiana
- Named by
- Wallace, 1855
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Trogonoptera brookiana (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by CheongWeei Gan. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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