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What kind of butterfly is that? Let's find out!
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Happy to see coverage of @ButterflyNetNSF teams work in Indian newspaper "A new comprehensive evolutionary tree of butterflies published" thehindu.com/sci-tech/scienc… [doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2018.0…]
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But they're not stopping there. As part of the #NSFFunded @ButterflyNetNSF project, the team aims to make an evolutionary tree that encompasses all 18,800 described species of butterflies & their associated data: butterflynet.org
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Hot of the web press - A Comprehensive and Dated Phylogenomic Analysis of Butterflies cell.com/current-biology/ful… Espeland Breinholt Willmott @AndyBugGuy Vila @EmmanuelTouss1 @SarahCMaunsell Aduse-Poku Talavera Eastwood @majarzyna Guralnick Lohman Pierce @akito_kawahara
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The Apefly (Spalgis epeus), is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or the blues. It gets its common name due to resemblance of the pupa to face of Ape. The caterpillars feed on scale insects. More pictures myencounterswithnature.blogs…
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Did you know that the majority of Lepidoptera superfamilies lack a genome? Read the review here - Lepidoptera genomes: current knowledge, gaps and future directions authors.elsevier.com/c/1WMQ7… @akito_kawahara
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Florida's most #endangered #butterfly may not have survived Hurricane Irma tampabay.com/news/environmen… – at Gainesville, FL
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Have you ever wondered where butterflies sleep at night? This Mexican Urbanus skipper found a cool spot upside down #Querétaro #siesta
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Mimicry in butterflies: co-option and a bag of magnificent developmental genetic tricks onlinelibrary.wiley.com/enha… #ButterflyIndia – at Gainesville, FL
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The Book of Caterpillars: A Life-Size Guide to Six Hundred Species from aroun... amazon.com/dp/022628736X/ref… via @amazon
650 p. of caterpillars!
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Taking the time to film a cool Eudaminae skipper on UF campus. Urbanus proteus slow-mo flight
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Loved these photos of White Dragontail (Lamproptera curius) inaturalist.org/observations… by alexslwong33 @butterfly_india @DiversityIndia – at Florida, USA
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A beautiful pupa of the #RedAdmiral 🦋 found a few days ago near #Bern #Switzerland. Golden speckles shimmering in the #October sun!
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Q: Hey what are you doing right now?
A: Nothing, just coffee puddling.
#ButterflyPeople @butterfly_india @ButterflyNetNSF – at Washington, DC
Organizing BIG IDEAS and LOW-HANGING FRUIT with anonymous sticky notes @ButterflyNetNSF
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@cgstorer updates the @ButterflyNetNSF team on molecular sequencing progress for building an all-butterfly phylogeny. Lots done, lots to go!


























