Home - Guide - Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly
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Located
Queen Alexandra Butterflies are located in Papau New
Guinea.
Diet
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.
Habitat
The Queen Alexandra lives in a small part of Papau New
Guinea in the rainforests.
Size
The Queen Alexandra's wingspan can be as large as 10 -
12 inches.
Reproduction
Queen Alexandra Butterflies lay eggs on the toxic
Aristolochia schlecteri pipevine plant. When the
caterpillars ingest this plant, they become toxic to
predators that eat them.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Papilionidae
Genus: Ornithoptera
Species: alexandrae
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© Photographer: Robert Nash,
Curator of entomology, Ulster
Museum
Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly
(Ornithoptera alexandrae)
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