Southern birdwing
The southern birdwing is a huge, striking butterfly from southern India. Its wings are black and golden yellow and can be as wide as a big dinner plate. It is the second largest butterfly in India.
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Fun facts
It is the state butterfly of Karnataka, a state in India.
It lives only in southern India and nowhere else in the world.
People once thought it was just a type of the common birdwing, but now it counts as its own species.
Butterfly lovers go on special trips to the Western Ghats just to see it.
Most asked questions about Southern birdwing
?How big is the southern birdwing?
Its wings measure 14 to 19 centimetres from tip to tip.
?Is the southern birdwing endangered?
No. It is listed as Least Concern, which means it is not in danger right now.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Troides minos
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Papilionidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Papilionidae
- Lives on
- Asia
- Also known as
- Sahyadri birdwing
Where the facts come from
- Troides minos (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Uajith. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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