Wednesday, February 21, 2018

At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary tree

02/21/2018 02:18 PM EST

blue spotted pansy, Junonia oenone

Butterflies offer key insights into community ecology, how species originate and evolve, climate change and interactions between plants and insects. But a comprehensive map of how butterflies are related to each other has been lacking -- until now.


Full story at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/at-last-butterflies-get-a-bigger-better-evolutionary-tree/

Source
Florida Museum of Natural History


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