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Rajah Brooke's birdwing

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Etymology

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

Noun

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

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