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World's largest butterfly disappearing from Papua New Guinea rainforests [1]

How large does a butterfly have to be before anybody notices it is disappearing? In the case of Papua New Guinea's (PNG) Queen Alexandra's birdwing, the answer is enormous.

Publication Date: 
30/07/2012
Guardian (UK) [2]
Tags:
Papua New Guinea [3], Forests [4], Biodiversity [5], Butterflies [6], Habitat [7], CITES [8], Endangered Species [9]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/guardian-uk
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/papua-new-guinea
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/biodiversity
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/butterflies
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/habitat
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/cites
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/endangered-species