Photographer Sandesh Kadur, while traveling in the Himalayas, discovered and photographed probably the largest moth in the world
The butterfly belongs to the order Attacus (Peacock Eyes), the species Attacus atlas, its wingspan reaches 25 centimeters. When the photographer first saw her, he was a little scared, the spread wings of a butterfly with a pattern on them gave the impression of a large and vicious snake face. In China it is called the "snake-headed mole".
According to experts, this is a kind of protection from enemies, and the butterfly itself is completely harmless and non-toxic. She doesn't even have a mouth. In his entire life, which lasts only two weeks from the moment the pupa turns into a butterfly, this beautiful creature has only one goal, to lay as many eggs as possible. They do not drink or eat, but live off those nutrients that they received at the caterpillar stage.
Kadur is not the first to capture this butterfly. There is a video on the net from 2009 with the same (although it seems a little smaller) moth.