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Troides miranda hayamii Kobayashi, 1991
Southwest Borneo Troides miranda neomiranda (Fruhstorfer, 1903)
Sumatra The
larva feeds on aristoloches- Aristolochia...
- T.
amphrysus ruficollis, T. a. flavicollis, T.
miranda miranda, T. m.
neomiranda, T.
cuneifera paeninsulae, T.
helena cerberus, T. h. hephaestus, T. oblongomaculatus...
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Carica papaya and
Myoporum lactum.
Males feed on Senecio,
Eupatorium and
Neomiranda flowers from
which they
obtain alkaloids used for
chemical defense, as...
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pyrrolizidine alkaloids from Heliotropium, Tournefourtia, Myosotis, Eupatorium,
Neomiranda and
Senecio species,
making the
species toxic to
deter predation by birds...
