A Butterfly that Fooled Scientists for 200 Years Finally Reveals Its Secrets
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A butterfly that fooled scientists for 200 years finally reveals its secrets
Researchers have discovered that a familiar tropical butterfly actually belongs to three nearly identical species, including one previously unknown to science. Hidden ultraviolet wing patterns and DNA differences revealed the truth, leaving scientists puzzled about how the butterflies remain genetically separate despite living side by side.
Tropical butterflies, which for more than two centuries were considered representatives of the same species, turned out to be three different, and one of them was previously unknown to science.
Researchers at the Florida Museum of Natural History have discovered that butterflies of the genus Colobura, common in Central and South America, actually belong to three different species, one of which was previously unknown to science.
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