Rare Black Butterfly Named for Early Female Entomologist (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Rare Black Butterfly Named for Early Female Entomologist

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Catasticta sibyllae, named for Maria Sibylla Merian, is known from only two specimens. One was stored, unidentified, at the Smithsonian for decades. The second was collected in Panama this May.

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Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace

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