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Queen Alexandra's birdwing

Wingspan

up to 25 cm (up to 250 mm (IUCN, citing Collins and Morris 1985); the American Museum of Natural History says the female's wingspan is almost 10 inches; males are smaller)

Lifespan in the wild

11 to 12 weeks (adult males, from marking studies (Straatman 1971, cited by IUCN); development from egg to adult takes about 131 days)

Lives in

Papua New Guinea