Skipper Butterfly Packs a Toxic Punch (IMAGE)

Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

Skipper Butterfly Packs a Toxic Punch

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The bright stripes and bristles of this skipper butterfly caterpillar, Pyrrhopyge thericles warn predators that it packs a toxic punch, thanks to an exclusive diet of toxic plants of the genus Vismia.

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Annette Aiello

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