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Rajah Brooke's Birdwing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

D. F. Owen
D. F. Owen
Affiliation:
66 Scraptoft Lane, Leicester.
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Abstract

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The growing trade in rare butterflies threatens some relatively common species as well as rare ones, notably the conspicuous Rajah Brooke's birdwing. The author describes some of the traders’ activities and asks for information.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 3 , February 1976 , pp. 259 - 261
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1976

References

* Other observers quote prices up to £600. Editor.

* The large blue is now protected under the Wild Creatures & Wild Plants Protection Act of 1975. Editor.