By Lance

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Lances Almanac of Superlative Lepidoptera
Encyclopedia (LASLE)

• By Lance

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Queen Alexandrias Birdwing Butterfly

• This huge poisonous butterfly lives in the rain
  forest of Papua ,New Guinea ,and is an endangered
  species with a wing span of 11 inches. Males of
  this species are much smaller than the females.
  The second largest butterfly in the world is the
  Goliath bird wing

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Swallowtails in America
The largest butterfly that can be found naturally
in the US is the Giant Swallowtail (Papillis
Cresphontes) with a wing span of 4-6 inches and
is known as the Orange Dog by local citrus
growers. Giant, Thoas, and female Tiger
Swallowtails are the largest of the North
American butterflies.
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Largest Moths
The Hercules Emperor Moth of northern
Australia and New Guinea is one of the species
capable of reaching a wing span of 10.5 inches.
Great Owlet Moths of South America have females
with a wingspan that measures up to 12 inches.
Owlet Moths, or Noctuids, are part of a gigantic
family of moths with some specimens on record
with an amazing 18 inch wingspan. The Giant Atlas
Moth has the largest wing surface area of all
moths and the marking on the moths front
wingtips resemble a snakes head and may scare
away predators.
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Luna Moths
The Luna Moth, one of the largest moths in the in
North America and is a Giant Silk Moth with
fantastically colored florescent green wings and
with brown spots and white eye on each wing, and
long sweeping lower wing tails.Lunar moths have
wings that span from 3 to nearly 8 inches across.
A close cousin to the Luna moth is an African
species known as a Comet Moth, Madagascan Moon
Moth, or a Malaysian Lunar moth from Madagascar
that sports huge and hefty 8 inch wings with a 6
inch long trailing tail. Like its American
cousin, the African and Madagascan moths are born
without a mouth and have just two weeks to find a
mate.
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