Its 7-month development cycle is a biological challenge to replenishing the wild population. The butterfly is a specialist and lives in a very narrow ecological niche within Papua New Guinea’s Oro ...

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The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing - or Ornithoptera alexandrae - is the world's largest and most spectacular butterfly. But it is under threat from encroaching agriculture and logging. BRENDAN MONTAGUE ...

The world's largest butterfly is under threat in Papua New Guinea from habitat destruction. The Queen Alexandra, which is only found in three areas of PNG's Oro province, has a wingspan of 30 ...

In 1906, naturalist Albert Stewart Meek discovered a butterfly so large that it defied belief. Living high in the canopies of Papua New Guinea, the Queen Alexandra birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Its 7-month development cycle is a biological challenge to replenishing the wild population. The butterfly is a specialist and ...