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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Trogonoptera brookiana

Near Threatened

About

A striking birdwing butterfly with jet black wings crossed by brilliant electric green tooth-shaped markings. It is the national butterfly of Malaysia.

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Did You Know?

It was named after Sir James Brooke the first White Rajah of Sarawak by Alfred Russel Wallace who collected the first specimen.