Tuesday, August 1, 2017

DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species

08/01/2017 02:49 PM EDT

the iridescent blue male sunburst cerulean-satyr, Caeruleuptychia helios, top

Researchers recently discovered what was thought to be a distinct species of butterfly is actually the female of a species known to science for more than a century.


Full story at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/a-case-of-mistaken-identity-dna-links-male-female-butterfly-thought-to-be-distinct-species/

Source
Florida Museum of Natural History


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