What is the latin word for Cairns Bird wing butterfly?

The Cairns Birdwing butterfly belongs to a group (genus) with the scientific name Ornithoptera which comes from the Latin words for bird (ornithos) and wing (pteron). There are about 30 different species of birdwing butterflies from Asia, the Solomon islands and Queensland.

1. Is the Cairns Birdwing butterfly poisonous?
2. What is the largest butterfly in Australia?
3. Where does the Cairns Birdwing butterfly live?
4. What size is the female Cairns Birdwing?
5. How do you attract Ulysses butterflies?
6. What do Cairns Birdwing Caterpillars eat?
7. What is Australia's smallest butterfly?
8. What is the largest butterfly in the world?
9. What does a Birdwing butterfly look like?
10. What is the biggest butterfly?
11. What do Richmond Birdwing butterflies eat?
12. How big is a Cairns Birdwing Butterfly?

Is the Cairns Birdwing butterfly poisonous?

The newly emerged Cairns Birdwing Butterfly in the rainforest. The leaves of the Aristolochia vine is poisonous and though nutritious for the Birdwing caterpillar, is deadly to many other caterpillars.

What is the largest butterfly in Australia?

The Cairns Birdwing (Ornithoptera priamus) is the largest butterfly in Australia with a wingspan of over 16cm.

Where does the Cairns Birdwing butterfly live?

Cairns birdwings are found southwards from Mount Webb and Cooktown to Mackay in Queensland. Its favoured habitat is rainforest of the Queensland wet tropics region, including riverine forest, and particularly near the coast.

What size is the female Cairns Birdwing?

This butterfly is easily identified due to its vivid colouration. The female's wingspan can measure 18cm.

How do you attract Ulysses butterflies?

Planting a garden that attracts these glorious butterflies is an investment in hours of joy. Native plants that attract them include Geijera species and Halfordia kendack. Exotic shrubs such as the Ixora are also successful. The Ulysses is attracted by red and pink and can often be seen feeding on the Ixora.

What do Cairns Birdwing Caterpillars eat?

Cairns Birdwing Butterfly (Ornithoptera euphorion)

The Cairns Birdwing relies on the native vine Aristolochia tagala as one of only two food sources for its caterpillars. The caterpillars store the toxins in the vine's leaves to use for defence against predators.

What is Australia's smallest butterfly?

Dainty Swallowtail Butterflies are the smallest swallowtail butterflies in Australia.

What is the largest butterfly in the world?

Counting butterflies in the wild is not an easy task, even when you are looking for the largest butterfly in the world, the Queen Alexandra's birdwing (Ornithoptera alexandrae) of Papua New Guinea (PNG).

What does a Birdwing butterfly look like?

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing butterflies are insects. Like all insects, they have 3 body parts – head, thorax, and abdomen. They have 2 compound eyes, antennae, a proboscis, 6 legs, and wings covered with scales. The female has rounded brown wings with white spots with a patch of red fur on its brown thorax.

What is the biggest butterfly?

Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, the largest butterfly in the world with a wingspan of 30cm—at least 10 times the size of common butterflies—was discovered in Papua New Guinea in 1906.

What do Richmond Birdwing butterflies eat?

While adult richmond birdwing butterflies feed on eucalyptus and maleleuca flowers, their larvae only survive if they eat a very specific plant, the aptly named richmond birdwing vine (Parastolochia praevenosa). The vine is listed as threatened in Queensland. The female only lays one-to-three eggs per food plant.

How big is a Cairns Birdwing Butterfly?

Cairns Birdwing Butterfly is one of the Australian flying insects. Australia's largest butterfly with females of this species measuring up to 18cm from wing to wing (Zoo, 2004). The male butterfly is smaller than the female, at around 13 cms. Only the male has streaks of emerald green across their pointed wings.