Rajah Brooke's birdwing

English

Etymology

Named by the naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1855, after James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak.

Noun

Rajah Brooke's birdwing (plural Rajah Brooke's birdwings)

  1. Trogonoptera brookiana, a birdwing butterfly of Asian rainforests.
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