The Queen Alexandra caterpillar eats a toxic pipevine
plant, the Aristolochia schlecteri, on which it is hatched.
The adult will feed on the liquid nectar of flowers.
It is toxic and caused the butterfly to cause illness in any predator who follishly eats it.
Butterfly foof
There is the Alexandra or Queen Alexandra Birdwing which is easily the largest butterfly in terms of wing-spread. I have seen estimates up to one foot or maybe even l4 inches! and colorful to boot. Named in honor of the Queen Consort of King Edward VII ( you know, the Cigar man!)
to view pictures of a queen alexandra's birdwing type this link into your address bar http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=queen+alexandra%27s+birdwing+butterfly&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=queen+alexandra%27s+birdwing
why butterfly have had wing?
If you mean "broke wing", then alright: What does a bird do with its own broken wing? Well, it usually hops around a bit until a cat or larger bird catches it and kills it. A butterfly is a bit like that, but since many species are poisonous (or just mimics the look of a poisonous species, such as the Tiger Swallowtail mimicking the Monarch Butterfly), a smart bird tends to avoid them regardless of the opportunity of easy prey. So, without both wings functioning properly to aid it in flight to search for food and/or make a quick gettaway if trouble were to present itself, the butterfly either starves to death or gets crushed by feet, hooves, car tires, and so on. Random, Stupid, and Completely Obvious Fact: most insects can't replace or heal damaged body parts, though if it's something like a leg, the insect usually does fine.
3 centimeters
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Katherine
papua new guinea
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.
There is the Alexandra or Queen Alexandra Birdwing which is easily the largest butterfly in terms of wing-spread. I have seen estimates up to one foot or maybe even l4 inches! and colorful to boot. Named in honor of the Queen Consort of King Edward VII ( you know, the Cigar man!)
to view pictures of a queen alexandra's birdwing type this link into your address bar http://images.google.com.au/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=queen+alexandra%27s+birdwing+butterfly&gbv=2&aq=0&oq=queen+alexandra%27s+birdwing
I don't know the top ten, but queen Alexandrea's bird wing butterfly is crazy large with beautiful wings
Dutchman's pipe vine
Ornithoptera euphorion
butterfly Wing shape
the wing of a viceroy butterfly is like a monarchs but the wing veins aren't straight
QuailQuetzalQuokkaQuollQueen SnakeQueen Alexandra's Bird-wing butterflyQueen AngelfishFor more see link below