This long-lived, long-winged butterfly gets both its long life and its toxin from the pollen it eats and the poison it stores as a caterpillar as it eats the passionflower.
Zebra Longwing
The glorious pipevine swallowtail is one of the most toxic of the poisonous butterflies. This big butterfly of North America and Central America has a wingspan of 3 to 4.5 inches.
Pipevine Swallowtail
Like the zebra longwing, which is a relative, the postman butterfly eats pollen, a rare behavior in butterflies. Another butterfly whose caterpillars eat the poisonous passionflower, the postman shares the zebra’s basic shape.
The Postman
Queen Butterfly
The queen butterfly is another milkweed butterfly, though the levels of alkaloids and cardenolides that its caterpillar stores and passes on to the adult can vary.
Atala Butterfly
This little butterfly is unusual because the male’s abdomen is brilliant red, and its wings are metallic blue with metallic blue dots edging the hindwings.
Common Indian Crow
The common Indian crow resembles the queen and does belong to the same family. But its wings are black and more elongated, and it is a bit bigger with a wingspan of 3.25 to 3.75 inches.
Birdwing Butterflies
These are some of the largest butterflies on earth, and most of them are poisonous. They are also astonishingly beautiful, and their beauty has made them the target of collectors
Papilio Antimachus
This massive papilio antimachus is also one of the most toxic butterflies on the planet.The giant African swallowtail, with a wingspan of between 7.1 and 9.8 inches, is the largest butterfly in Africa.