This makes it the world's second largest butterfly, after the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing.

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) is the largest butterfly in the world.

There are graphics that inspire wonder, like an outline of Queen Alexandra's birdwing, an insect with a wingspan of 11 inches.

This area of New Guinea is home to the endangered Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the world's largest butterfly.

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly, the largest butterfly in the world with a wing span reaching lengths up to one foot (30 cm)

The female Queen Alexandra's Birdwing lays about 27 eggs during its entire lifespan; this estimate was made by Ray Straatman by dissecting adult females.

The developing country of Papua New Guinea has a "happily ever after" ending in their attempts to preserve the world's largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae).

At an expedition in New Guinea in 1906 he discovered and shot the first specimen of the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae), the largest butterfly in the world.

Papua New Guinea has a spectacular butterfly fauna, including the world's largest butterflies, the Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) and the Goliath Birdwing (Ornithoptera goliath).

The Queen Alexandra's Birdwing is considered endangered by the IUCN, being restricted to approximately 100 square kilometres of coastal rainforest near Popondetta, Oro Province, Papua New Guinea.

The largest species overall is probably 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.

Lepidopterans range in size from a few millimetres in length, such as in the case of microlepidoptera, to a wingspan of many inches, such as the Atlas moth and the world's largest butterfly Queen Alexandra's Birdwing.

In 1978, the government of Papua New Guinea set up the Insect Farming and Trading Agency (IFTA) to regulate the exploitation and conservation of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing and other valuable butterflies.

With the exception of Queen Alexandra's Birdwing (O. alexandrae), all birdwings are listed in Appendix II of CITES, and accordingly their trade is restricted in countries that have signed the CITES convention.