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The largest butterfly in the world is female Queen Alexandra Birdwing Butterfly. It can be found in New Guinea and is know by the scientific name Ornithoptera Alexandrae. Its wing span can reach up to 12 and a half inches (32 cm). The male is generally considerably smaller than the female.
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∙ 8y agoThere are many legends about, however Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is said to be the biggest butterfly. The World's Largest Butterfly: Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is the largest butterfly in the world, with a wingspan up to 1 foot (30 cm). This tropical butterfly is from the rainforest in northern Papua New Guinea. The caterpillars eat the pipevine plant, which contains poison; this makes the butterfly toxic to predators, which will get sick if they eat it. So they quickly learn to leave these huge butterflies alone. Order: Lepidoptera Family: Papilionidae Genus: Troides species: alexandrae Source:-http://www.worsleyschool.net/science/files/thelargest/butterflyandmoth.html
The Queen Alexandria's Birdwing of New Guinea (Ornithoptera alexandrae). It's wingspan can reach up to 1 foot (30cm). This species of butterfly live in the rainforest of Papua New Guinea. While still a caterpillar they eat the Pipevine plant, which contains poison. This makes the butterfly toxic to predators, making anything that eats one very ill. Predators quickly learn to leave this species of huge butterfly well alone.
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∙ 13y agoIt is Queen Alexandra's Birdwing and it is as long as 30cm.
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∙ 12y agothe largest butterflies is the queen Alexandria's
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∙ 12y agoThe largest butterfly in the world is the Queen Alexandra's Bird wing, it has a wing span of up to 1 foot or 30 cm. It is a native of Papua New Guinea.
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∙ 12y agoa female ladybug.
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