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Troides hypolitus

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionOct 21, 2025
Entity authorityQ1348136 ↗
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Troides hypolitus, the Rippon's birdwing, is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Moluccas and Sulawesi. It is not significantly threatened, but it is protected.

Troides hypolitus is a butterfly from the Australasian and Indomalayan realms. The first description was in 1775 by Pieter Cramer. This butterfly is a member of the family Papilionidae. Troides hypolitus is black. It has a chain of golden spots on the hindwings. The females are dark brown and they are bigger than the males.

Description

The wingspan is from 180 to 200 mm.

The male's forewings are black.

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Editorial reviewA sound reference starting point where classification, measurement and the date of the underlying evidence remain visible. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1775—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Troides, hypolitus and species providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Troides hypolitus” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.