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Ornithoptera alexandrae, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing, is the largest species of butterfly in the world, with females reaching wingspans slightly in excess of 25 to 28 cm (10 to 11 in). [4] [5] This birdwing is restricted to the forests of the Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea.
The eastern giant swallowtail (Papilio cresphontes) is the largest butterfly in North America. [2] ... Because of the butterfly's notably large wingspan (14 to 18 cm ...
The Queen Alexandra's birdwing is the largest species of butterfly. The largest lepidopteran species overall is often claimed to be either the Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae), a butterfly from Papua New Guinea, or the Atlas moth (Attacus atlas), a moth from Southeast Asia. Both of these species can reach a body length of 8 ...
The largest ever recorded had a wingspan of 27.3 centimeters, and is kept in the Natural History Museum's Lepidoptera collections in London. ... This spectacular glass butterfly can be found in ...
Ornithoptera goliath has a wingspan up to 28 centimetres (11 in). This makes it the world's second largest butterfly. This makes it the world's second largest butterfly. The African giant swallowtail reaches an almost equal wingspan.
The table contains a list of the largest birds living on this planet by wingspan, at maximum, assumed to be reliable by experts and verified records, at least 3 m (9 ft 10 in). Rank Image
The butterfly is named in honor of the Greek poet Homer. [4] The adult butterfly has been described by researchers as “gigantic and magnificent." [5] Females are larger than males and can have a wingspan of 15 cm (6 in). [5] Adults can be seen from morning to afternoon soaring among the canopy of the Neotropical Jamaican rainforests. Its ...
Papilio antimachus, the African giant swallowtail, is a butterfly in the family Papilionidae. With a wingspan between 18 and 23 centimetres (7.1 and 9.1 in), it is the largest butterfly in Africa and among the largest butterflies in the world. The shape of the wings differ between the males and females.