Highest flying insect

The greatest height reported for migrating butterflies is 5791m, for a flock of small tortoiseshells ( aglais urticae) seen flying over the Zemu Glacier in the eastern Himalayas. This is also the highest migrating butterfly. The small Tortoiseshell is a well-known colourful butterfly, found in temperate Europe. There are a few records from New York City which, however, are believed to have arrived human assisted. The adult is striking, with its dark body and red and yellow wings, which have a row of blue dots around the rear edge.

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White - striped Butterfly

The unique Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly of eastern US, Mexico and Canada has distinctive black and white - striped pattern is reminiscent of a zebra. This Butterfly has triangular wings with long tails. It has some distinctive black and white markings on its wings and some small red and blue markings on both bottom corners of the wings. There are two seasonal forms.

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Largest species of falcon

The Largest species of falcon is the gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus), indigenous to Arctic and subarctic regions. Adult birds can reach maximum lengths of 64cm, with wing - pans of 123cm and weights of 800 - 2,100g.

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