New butterfly species discovered nearly 60 years after it was first collected

New butterfly species discovered nearly 60 years after it was first collected 04/10/2018 01:46 PM EDT A butterfly collected in Mexico nearly 60 years ago by the Florida Museum of Natural History's McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity Founding Director Thomas Emmel while he was a teenager, has been described as a new species and named in Emmel's honor by colleague Andy Warren. Warren is senior collections manager at the center on the University of Florida campus, the world's only facility dedicated to butterfly and moth research. Full story at https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/science/new-butterfly-species-discovered-nearly-60-years-after-it-was-first-collected/ Source Florida Museum of Natural History This is an NSF News From the Field item. Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery Communications Cloud on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 2415 Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22314 · 703-292-5111