SizerooHow wide are the wings of the biggest butterfly?
9.84 inAbout 25 cm · Handheld
Queen Alexandra's birdwing, from Papua New Guinea, spans up to about 9.8 inches (25 cm).
That's about 1/6 of a red kangaroo (about 5 ft, or 1.5 m, tall).
🦋9.84 in
🌊a year of continental drift
To scale: the biggest butterfly is about 10× bigger than a year of continental drift.
Things about the same size
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Many real things vary in size, so we use a typical or official figure. Spotted a mistake? Email [email protected].