2010.04.24 Austria, Lower Austria, district Bruck/Leitha (Braunsberg mountain 300 m AMSL).They prefer cliffs where there are updrafts to ride on (which males do while waiting for females during mating season).In Central Europe usually only one generation, in the Mediterranean two per season.Rare.German name: SegelfalterID: Stichmann, Tiere und Pflanzen (2009)
Golden Birdwing Butterfly (Troides rhadamantus) at Wings of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. A native of Indonesia. Photographed on 6 January 2009. Native of Southeast Asia.www.inaturalist.org/observations/53429350