Troides aeacus

Golden birdwing
male T. a. aecus, Vietnam
female T. a. aecus, Cambodia
CITES Appendix II 
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Troides
Species:
T. aeacus
Binomial name
Troides aeacus
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Distribution map for Troides aeacus (red) and Troides magellanus (orange)
Synonyms
  • Ornithoptera aeacus C. & R. Felder, 1860

Troides aeacus, the golden birdwing, is a large tropical butterfly belonging to the swallowtail family, Papilionidae.