This single well-known and widespread butterfly is actually three species in disguise

The tropical rainforests of Central and South America are among the most biodiverse places on Earth. Costa Rica alone is home ...
Earth.com

Common butterfly turns out to be three different species

Scientists discovered that a familiar tropical butterfly is actually three separate species hiding in plain sight for more ...

The Butterfly Longevity Diet

For most butterfly species, an adult’s life is brief and—with all due respect to butterflies—unextraordinary. After emerging ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Where Did Butterflies Come From? This Scientist Is On the Case

Delias sambawana, a butterfly that hails from Indonesia, at the Florida Museum of Natural History. Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace and phylogeny by Hillis, Zwickl, and Gutell When Akito Kawahara ...

'Geriatric' butterfly species lives nearly three times as long as their relatives

A tropical butterfly has evolved an ingenious anti-aging strategy by delaying the aging process, enabling it to live far ...

Vulnerable butterfly recorded in the Botanical Garden at Uppsala

The Botanical Garden in Uppsala was recently visited by animal ecology researchers, who conducted a BioBlitz to find, ...

Not Butterfly Bush Or Coneflower: The Flower That Attracts Butterflies Like Magic

Certain flowers are magnets for butterflies, and there is one stunning blossom that is perfect to draw in pollinators in late ...