Rippon’s Birdwing (Troides hypolitus) is a birdwing butterfly endemic to the Moluccas and Sulawesi. It is not significantly threatened, but it is protected.Troides hypolitus is a butterfly from Australasia/Indomalaya ecozone. The first description was in 1775 by Cramer. This butterfly is a member of the family Papilionidae. Troides hypolitus is black. It has a chain of golden spots on the hind wings. The females are dark-brown and they are bigger than the males.
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