Back جناح طائر الملكة ألكسندرا Arabic جناح طائر الملكة الكسندرا ARZ Ornithoptera alexandrae AST Ornitòptera reina Alexandra Catalan Ornithoptera alexandrae CEB Ptakokřídlec Alexandřin Czech Königin-Alexandra-Vogelfalter German Ornithoptera alexandrae Spanish پرندهبال شهبانو الکساندرا Persian Jättilintusiipi Finnish
| Queen Alexandra's birdwing | |
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| Female (above) and male (below), not to scale | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Papilionidae |
| Genus: | Ornithoptera |
| Subgenus: | Straatmana Deslisle, 2007 |
| Species: | O. alexandrae
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| Binomial name | |
| Ornithoptera alexandrae (Rothschild, 1907)
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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 cm to 28 cm (9.8 inches to 11 inches).[4][5] This birdwing is restricted to the forests of the Oro Province in eastern Papua New Guinea.
The species is endangered and one of only four insects to be listed on Appendix I of CITES, making commercial international trade illegal. The other three insects listed are butterflies as well. They are the Parides burchellanus, Papilio homerus, Ornithoptera alexandrae, Achillides chikae chikae (plus subspecies chikae hermeli)).[6]
- ^ Böhm, M. (2018). "Ornithoptera alexandrae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T15513A88565197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T15513A88565197.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Rothschild, Walter (1907). "Troides Alexandrae spec. nov". Novitates Zoologicae. 14: 96. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.25380.
- ^ November 2010, Remy Melina 04 (4 November 2010). "What's the Biggest Butterfly?". livescience.com. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Queen Alexandra's Birdwing Butterfly Facts For Kids & Adults: Pictures, Information & Video". Active Wild. 2017-01-24. Retrieved 2020-07-13.
- ^ CITES appendices I, II and III, official website
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