New butterfly species identified in Yucatan peninsula

Thursday, November 24, 2011 - 14:10 in Biology & Nature

About 160,000 species of butterflies and moths are already known, but scientists believe that a similar number still remain undiscovered. Identification and characterisation of these species can be complicated by the fact that each species has an immature caterpillar and a mature butterfly form, as well as the reliance on the physical appearance for classification...

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