The Kinabalu Birdwing – Life Cycle

Egg, larva, pupa & adult male of Troides andromache, the Kinabalu Birdwing Butterfly reared at Kampung Kiau by SaiHeng Taradas

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Egg
Small larva

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Large larva

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Pre-pupa: Troides andromache about to pupate. Photo: Chien Lee

Troides andromache about to pupate. Photo: Chien Lee

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Fully fed larva attaches itself to a sloping twig by a black silken girdle and transforms into a pupa (chrysalis)
Newly emerged adult male

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