Interesting Facts About Butterflies

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I read an article about butterflies and thought I would share what I learned. Here we go: * A Queen Alexandria is the largest butterfly in the world. It has a 10-inch wing span. I was highly prized among collectors but now it is endangered and trading it has become illegal. It is so rare that the only place it is found in the wild is the Oro Province of Papua New Guinea. It is featured on their provincial flag. * There are 17,500 species of butterflies in the world, 750 of these are in the United States. There are about 160,000 species of moths. * You would have to check the antennae on both the moth and butterfly to find the difference between them. A moth's is feathery and thread like while a butterflier's are thin and have clubs on the end. * Both of these are members of the Lepidoptera order of the animal kingdom. * The glasswing butterfly is real. It is found in habitats from Chile north to Mexico and even Texas. This unusual butterfly evades predators by being nearly invisible.