Wallaces Golden Birdwing vs Tropical Toed-Winged Beetle

Side-by-side species comparison

Attribute Wallaces Golden Birdwing Tropical Toed-Winged Beetle
Scientific Name Ornithoptera croesus Anchytarsus bicolor
Order Lepidoptera Coleoptera
Family Papilionidae Ptilodactylidae
Size 160-190 mm wingspan 6-9 mm
Habitat Forests Forests
Diet Nectar Feeders Detritivores
Regions Asia Central America, South America
Conservation Near Threatened Not Evaluated

Wallaces Golden Birdwing

Named after Alfred Russel Wallace, who called it the finest specimen he ever captured. Males are brilliant orange-gold and black. Found only in North Maluku, Indonesia.

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Did You Know?

Wallace was so overwhelmed by catching this butterfly in 1859 that he wrote his head began to ache and he felt close to fainting from the beauty of the creature.

Tropical Toed-Winged Beetle

A two-toned brown ptilodactylid beetle found in Central and South American cloud forests. Its larvae are riparian and develop in saturated leaf litter.

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Did You Know?

Its aquatic larvae breathe through retractable abdominal gills that can be withdrawn into the body cavity.