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Amazon butterfly evolved from hybrids, study finds — Harvard Gazette

Researcher James Mallet displays a Heliconius elevatus specimen.Photos by Kris Snibbe/Harvard Staff Photographer Science & Tech Amazon butterfly evolved from hybrids Genomic findings challenge thinking on what makes a species Clea Simon Harvard Correspondent April 17, 2024 4 min read Writing to Charles Darwin in 1861, naturalist Henry Walter Bates described brightly colored Heliconius …