SINGAPORE - A rare butterfly species has set hearts aflutter in the wildlife community after sightings of the ...

Let’s fly right in! Among the myriad of butterfly species gracing India’s skies, the golden birdwing (Troides aeacus) reigns ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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!

“The dark dusting around the hindwing marginal spots, which is absent in our other bBirdwing species, was present on the golden birdwing,” Mr Low noted. “New butterfly species don’t appear ...