{"id":98880451,"date":"2014-04-30T16:26:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-30T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/travel-trends\/onetravel-animal-of-the-week-the-magellan-birdwing-butterfly\/"},"modified":"2018-10-18T07:42:26","modified_gmt":"2018-10-18T11:42:26","slug":"onetravel-animal-of-the-week-the-magellan-birdwing-butterfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/onetravel-animal-of-the-week-the-magellan-birdwing-butterfly\/","title":{"rendered":"OneTravel Animal of the Week: The Magellan Birdwing Butterfly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Magellan Birdwing butterfly is as fascinating as it is physically stunning. Here\u2019s what you need to know about this delicate, dazzling Philippine native.<br \/>\n<strong>Natural habitat: <\/strong>Throughout the Philippines and on Taiwan&#8217;s Orchid Island.<br \/>\n<strong>Protection status:<\/strong> Protected<br \/>\n<strong>Size: <\/strong>On average, male wingspans measure six to seven inches across and females can measure up to 10 inches across.<\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDiet:<\/strong> nectar from a range of plants and flowers<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun facts: <\/strong>This butterfly is named for the first circumnavigator, Ferdinand Magellan, who was killed in the Philippines in 1521.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All that glitters isn\u2019t really gold. The Magellan\u2019s rear wings change into a green or blue color at an angle.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/animals.pawnation.com\/largest-butterfly-philippines-7960.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/42641165@N03\/10506689674\/in\/photolist-5aijtt-5aivd4-h1rwMY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Charles A Heikkinen<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Magellan Birdwing butterfly is as fascinating as it is physically stunning. Here\u2019s what you need to know about this delicate, dazzling Philippine native. Natural habitat: Throughout the Philippines and on Taiwan&#8217;s Orchid Island. Protection status: Protected Size: On average, male wingspans measure six to seven inches across and females can measure up to 10 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98880451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-tips-intel"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98880451"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880451\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98897737,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98880451\/revisions\/98897737"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98880451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98880451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onetravel.com\/going-places\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98880451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}