Talaud Island, Indonesia; May 1995 photo C Vaughn     male

Talaud Island, Indonesia; May 1995 photo C Vaughn    fe male

    Restricetd to the island of Talaud (Indonesia) and the nearby island of Sangihe. It is not at all rare, but due to its limited distribution, has been described as threatened (Collins and Morris). I am told the species survives in cultivated and secondary growth regions, so it is probably in no real danger at least for now. Often it is included as a ssp of T rhadamanthus, but it is certainly a unique one...