Rajah Brooke's Birdwing Butterfly as well as its lustrous

as well as its lustrous metallic exoskeleton

Cithaerias merolina is a species of butterfly within the Satyrinae family

is a butterfly known especially for its presence in butterfly houses and live butterfly expositions

also known as the Green Chafer Beetle

Strays can be found up to the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the United States

Rajah Brooke's Birdwing Butterfly as well as its lustrousTrogonoptera brookiana was named for James Brooke, the Rajah of Sarawak. It is native to the rainforests of Thai Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Natuna, Sumatra, and various small islands west of Sumatra. It is the national butterfly of Malaysia. This specimen is encased in a 9"x9" frame.