Talk:Queen Alexandra's birdwing

Status
Aren't the Queen Alexandra's endangered? Im not quite sure. -- IvanTortuga 20:02, 29 August 2007 (UTC) yes i looked it up -tasha —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.113.70.63 (talk) 01:53, 18 February 2010 (UTC)

Wrong picture
While I'm no Ornithoptera expert, I'm quite sure that the pictured species is not O. alexandrae. Definite pictures of the species, both male and female, can be found here – and very close to natural size BTW; a touch larger perhaps. Looks more like O. goliath (picture) to me, though I'm rather oblivious to all possible confusion species. These too seem to be close to natural size, but the text seems to have the sexes confused (the picture's got it right)' . --Anshelm &#39;77 02:12, 22 July 2006 (UTC)


 * i have had similar thoughts. I don't think too that this is O. alexandrae. --Melly42 08:20, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

Well, the new picture likely has the right species. But like I said I'm no expert. --Anshelm &#39;77 20:50, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

Behavior Section
While this article is informative, it is not as well organized as it could be and should have a separate Behavior subsection. While the information on the adults mating behaviors is well detailed, it should be moved to this new section rather than be under the biology heading. It should also include feeding, defense, and migration patterns (if any). Also, the second paragraph under larva should be moved to a behavior section as well. Overall, there is good information but it is poorly organized. Alexandra.payne (talk) 03:02, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Poisonous?
Check this link
 * don't believe any hokum you read. the caterpillars feed on poisonous plants but that don't mean that they make this butterfly poisonous --Melly42 (talk) 07:41, 25 June 2009 (UTC)only poison to predators who eat them

Move to Queen Alexandra's birdwing

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The result of the move request was: moved per request. Favonian (talk) 19:29, 28 August 2012 (UTC)

Missing General Categories
This article is strong in analyzing the biology of the butterfly, having four different subsections for the biology. However, they are missing categories such as behavior, mating, and diet. These are basic information about the species that would be useful to know in understanding the species in greater depth. For the behavior, it would be beneficial to know how the daily schedule or tasks of the birdwing look, for the mating, different species mate differently and have different courting styles, and for diet, each species has a specific diet. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sjwang312 (talk • contribs) 20:17, 14 September 2017 (UTC)

Ornithoptera alexandrae → Queen Alexandra's birdwing –


 * Reason WP:COMMONNAME Relisted. Favonian (talk) 18:33, 21 August 2012 (UTC). Chrisrus (talk) 06:48, 14 August 2012 (UTC)


 * Support Textbook common name, in the original zoological sense. Cheers, Zaldax (talk) 18:52, 23 August 2012 (UTC)
 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page or in a move review. No further edits should be made to this section.

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