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Page 12
... recto surface . The lower specimen is generally more yellowish than the upper one , and on the forewing the apical gold patch nearly runs into the green - gold discal area . The upper specimen and the specimen illustrating the verso surface ...
... recto surface . The lower specimen is generally more yellowish than the upper one , and on the forewing the apical gold patch nearly runs into the green - gold discal area . The upper specimen and the specimen illustrating the verso surface ...
Page 16
... recto surface . On the hindwing recto the green is so reduced as to emphasise the black margins of the wing . Variations however are known , ranging from extremes with even less green on the forewing recto than on the figured specimen ...
... recto surface . On the hindwing recto the green is so reduced as to emphasise the black margins of the wing . Variations however are known , ranging from extremes with even less green on the forewing recto than on the figured specimen ...
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... recto surface of the hindwing this black scaling never penetrates through on to the verso surface as in other species - consequently the golden area of the verso surface is always purely of that colour . The specimen illustrating the recto ...
... recto surface of the hindwing this black scaling never penetrates through on to the verso surface as in other species - consequently the golden area of the verso surface is always purely of that colour . The specimen illustrating the recto ...
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abdominal segment aeacus alexandrae allottei amphrysus apex appears Aristolochia tagala arruana BIRDWING bornemanni Bougainville brookiana butterfly caelestis Carver cell chimaera claspers costal croesus cuneifera distinct dorsal tubercles EARLY STAGES Entomologist euphorion FEMALE The female FEMALE The specimen flying forewing recto forms Fruhstorfer genitalia genus gold spot goliath green ground colour Guinea haliphron hephaestus hindwing hindwing recto holotype honrathiana hypolitus insect instar instar larva island Jordan known larva Linnaeus localities Lond MALE The specimen mature larva meridionalis miokensis nominate race oblongomaculatus occurs Ornithoptera victoriae ovum papuensis paradisea plateni populations poseidon pupa race recto surface rhadamantus richmondia Rippon Rothschild Novit saddle mark Schmid Seram sexes species specimen illustrated sphragis spines STAGES Not recorded Straatman submarginal spots Sumatra termen tithonus Trogonoptera Troides haliphron Troides helena Troides Hübner tubercles urvilliana vandepolli variable variation vein-stripes verso surface victoriae regis white markings wing shape Woodlark Island Zeitschr Zeuner zool