New Butterfly Species Showcases Unusual Black Coloring (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

New Butterfly Species Showcases Unusual Black Coloring

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Most butterflies in the Pieridae family are colorful with a wide variety of wing patterns. But Catasticta sibyllae is a dramatic black with simple rows of white dots lining its wings and tiny flares of red where the wings join its body.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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