Rajah Brooke's birdwing

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Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

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

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