Butterfly (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Butterfly

Caption

Even distantly related euptychiines can look nearly identical, which has led to several cases of mistaken identity that have only just recently been resolved with the help of DNA analysis.

Credit

Photo by Keith Willmott

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