Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Butterfly By: Pearl Reita Petaia
Physical Description Female: Light brown with yellow spots and yellow abdomen Male: Dark brown with blue and green markings and the male also has a yellow abdomen
Habitat Southeast Asia Australia Papua New Guinea
Special Adaptations Eats really gross stuff, dung, urine, and other wastes It’s poisonous It’s very large, 12 inches to be exact
Diet Queen Alexandra’s Birdwing Butterflies eat: Pipevine Plants Nectar Dung Pollen Urine And other wastes
Interesting Facts The Birdwing is poisonous These kinds of butterflies are very rare Latin name is “Ornithoptera Alexandrae It’s the biggest Butterfly in the world
Threats to the Butterflies Large Birds (Because they eat the butterfly.) Humans (we litter and it destroys the butterflies habitat) Cutting down forests (Their homes)