<i>Eudaemonia argiphontes</i> (IMAGE)

University of Florida

<i>Eudaemonia argiphontes</i>

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The long tails of Eudaemonia argiphontes, an African moth, resemble those in Copiopteryx semiramis, but the two species are not closely related. Such similar features show the power of bats to drive the evolution of moth shape. Florida Museum photo by the Kawahara Lab.

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