He returns, and the men take turns examining his catch: a birdwing. A rare butterfly, and a protected species. “It’s just a small one,” Jasmin says. Even so, it is enormous, able to cover a ...

The goliath birdwing is the second largest butterfly in the world, with a wingspan of up to 28 cm. It's native to New Guinea and some nearby islands ...

Meek presented his exciting find to the renowned zoologist Walter Rothschild, who prepared a scientific description of the butterfly - the first known example of its kind. Rothschild named the new ...

New Guinea is a haven for butterflies with nearly 1,000 species. Moving through dense jungle in search of the largest of them all, the Darwin team wonders how something so big can be so hard to find!

They could beat a horse in a race and survive a blizzard. No challenge is too much for these butterflies and moths. Beating the competition is everything, and it has forced some species to grow faster ...

Sri Lanka Birdwing was recommended as the National Butterfly by the Butterfly Expert Group established ... Sri Lanka is home to 243 varieties of butterflies of which 20 are endemic. Of these, 66 ...

It is also the breeding ground of 50 rare species, including the white dragon tail, forget-me-not, dark brown ace and the "butterfly star" common birdwing, which is the only species protected ...