India, Aug. 15 -- There are tens of thousands of species on the CITES list - from snails and flowers to snakes, sharks, mammals, insects and trees. The list helps governments and NGOs organise their efforts, work across borders and crack down on illegal trade in wildlife products.

And so it is that CITES (the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) quietly works in the background to help protect. a forgotten dragonfly, a fruit bat in Madagascar, a giant butterfly that lives in only one 100-sq-km section of coastal rainforest. Take a look.

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* The world's largest butterfly

The Queen Alexandra's birdwing, with a wingspan of 10 to 11 inches, is found in only one 100-sq-km section of coastal rainfo...