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A good example is the Indian white admiral (Limenitis procris) [clarification needed] which has five forms, each geographically separated from the other by large mountain ranges. [12]: 26 An even more dramatic showcase of geographical polymorphism is the Apollo butterfly (Parnassius apollo). Due to the Apollos living in small local populations ...
Spongy moths sometimes form butterfly-style pupae, hanging on twigs or tree bark, although usually they create flimsy cocoons out of silk webbing and leaf bits, leaving the pupa exposed. The plume winged moths of the family Pterophoridae also pupates without a cocoon and the pupa resembles the chrysalis of the pierid butterfly. A few skipper ...
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Limenitis arthemis, the red-spotted purple or white admiral, is a North American butterfly species in the cosmopolitan genus Limenitis.It has been studied for its evolution of mimicry, and for the several stable hybrid wing patterns within this nominal species; it is one of the most dramatic examples of hybridization between non-mimetic and mimetic populations.
For example, when comparing the antenna of the northern and pearl crescent, the northern crescent has orange antenna tips, while the pearl crescent's are black and white. [10] In Wingert et al.'s study on the differentiation between the Phyciodes butterflies, they found that the genome sequence of all of these Lepidoptera was different because ...
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Bumble Bee Joins Endangered Species List Suckley’s cuckoo bumble bee may be classified as endangered under the Endangered Species Act after a recommendation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
The U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped on Friday a decision on whether to allow shareholders to proceed with a securities fraud lawsuit accusing Meta's Facebook of misleading investors about the ...