Troides criton

Troides criton is a butterfly from Australasia / Indomalaya ecozone (Australia). The first description was in 1860 by C. & R. Felder. The wingspan is about 14 – 15 cm. This butterfly is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE. Troides criton is black. It has a large golden area on the hind wings. The females are very similar to the males.

Photos for easy identification

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see some photos of Troides criton (male above / female below). Troides criton is a member of the family PAPILIONIDAE from Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia).

Description

The fore wings are black.
The underside of Troides criton is a copy from upside.

The hind wings of Troides criton are black. There is a large golden area in the middle of the wing. The veins are black and they cleave the golden area.
The underside is a copy from upside.

The body (abdomen) is brown, but the underside is yellow. Head and thorax are black. The underside of thorax has a red hair-coat.

Sex differences: The veins are partly bordered by white colour. There is a chain of black spots in the golden area. The underside is a copy from upside.

Distribution

Troides criton is a butterfly from the Australasia / Indomalaya (Australia) ecozone. The distribution is restricted on Indonesia.

This world map shows the ecozones in which this butterfly is distributed.

Larval food

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General information

The first description of this butterfly was in 1860 by C. & R. Felder. There is only one subspecies.

Troides criton critonides [Fruhstorfer, 1903]

Troides criton is strictly protected. It is listed in the appendix II from CITES.

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer

Here you can see the form Troides criton f felderi (female).

Macro photos

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Troides criton m (upside)

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Troides criton m (underside)

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Troides criton f (upside)

Photo © by Naturhistorisches Museum Wien; Photographer Thomas Neubauer macro photograph of Troides criton f (underside)

Here you can see some macro photos of Troides criton.

Protection provisions / Red List

CITES: (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora):

-Appendix II- (as at 12.02.2008)
EU regulation on trading with species of wild Fauna and Flora:

-Appendix B- (as at 19.08.2005)
IUCN Red List of threatened species:

-no entry- (as at 2008)