Ulysses+Butterfly+by+Caitlin+M

Introduction __** The Ulysses Butterfly is found on every continent except for Antarctica. Its scientific name is Papilio Ulysses. It loves living in the rainforests of tropical North Queensland and Papua New Guinea.
 * The Ulysses Butterfly [[image:ulysses-butterfly.jpg width="138" height="132"]] **
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Like other butterflies, the Ulysses eats nectar from flowers but it doesn’t have teeth! Butterflies do not have a tongue either. They suck up the nectar with a straw like mouth.
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 * __Anatomy__**

The Ulysses is easy to recognise when it is flying because of its beautiful, electric blue wings; in fact it has four wings that overlap.

They can camouflage well too, because their body is green and white to match the plants they feed on.


 * It has not one but thousands of lenses in each eye.


 * Lungs: it breathes through little holes on each side of its body.


 * It has green blood!


 * It uses its feet for tasting and its antennas for smelling and feeding.[[image:2284386114_0893c20fdf.jpg width="143" height="127"]]


 * __Life Cycle__**


 * __Predators__**


 * __Did You Know?__**

The Ulysses Butterfly is the symbol for tropical North Queensland. Another name for this beautiful butterfly is the Blue Mountain Butterfly. Wow! A butterfly only lives for 24 hours. What a shame for such a marvelous minibeast!