Troides helena common in many of the localities in which it occurs, was classified as vulnerable in 1985. Helen in Greek mythology Helen was the daughter of Zeus. Cerberus or Kerberos, in Greek and Roman mythology, is a multi-headed hound which guards the gates of the Underworld. This species is protected under Wild Animals Protection Ordinance Cap 170 in Hong Kong. The common birdwing is protected in Indonesia and may also require protection in peninsular Malaya also. It is listed in Appendix II of Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES) as are all other
Gate deities of the underworld afterlife is finished and the sun rises on the world in the form of a sacred scarab (Khepri, deification of the morning sun). The British egyptologist George Hart thus outlined, in his "Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses" (1986), the evocative names of these deities and their positions in the netherworld as described in the funeral papyri known to scholars: Gate deities of the underworld The Gate deities of the underworld were ancient Egyptian minor deities charged with guarding the gates of the Egyptian underworld. The Egyptians believed that in the netherworld, the Duat, there were various gates, doors and