Mistaken for Different Species, Male and Female Butterflies Linked by DNA (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Mistaken for Different Species, Male and Female Butterflies Linked by DNA

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The iridescent blue male sunburst cerulean-satyr, Caeruleuptychia helios, top, was not linked with its female counterpart until DNA bar codes showed they were the same species.

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Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Shinichi Nakahara

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