How two butterflies became one

Here's why you shouldn't judge a butterfly species by its wing coloration.

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Narration: Emily Elert
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White Admiral - Photo by: Wikimedia user Limulus
Limenitis arthemis astyanax - Wikimedia user Ks0stm
Red Spotted Purple - Wikimedia user Saxophlute
River rocks - Public Domain Photo
Pipevine Swallowtail - Public Domain Photo
Poison Symbol - Public Domain Image
Monarch Butterfly - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Monarch butterfly catterpillar - Ryan E. Poplin
Lagopus muta Winter - Ómar Runólfsson
Lagopus muta Summer - Wikimedia user Boaworm
Sexual dimorphism Mandarin - Francis C. Franklin
Gray Wolf - Public Domain Photo
Maltese Dog - Wikimedia user SheltieBoy
Limenitis lorquini - Public Domain Photo
Limenitis archippus - Gordon E. Robertson

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REFERENCES
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Andy Warren, pers. comm. July 29, 2014. https://twitter.com/rdeatsman/status/494195315449532417

Brock, J. P., & Kaufman, K. (2003). Field Guide to Butterflies of North America.T. Hillstar Editions LC Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY.

Platt, A.P. and Brower, L.P. 1968. Mimetic Versus Disruptive Coloration in Intergrading Populations of Limenitis arthemis and Astyanax Butterflies. Evolution, Vol. 22, No. 4: 699-718. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2406897

Platt, A.P. 1987. Banded admirals from western Maryland: analysis of the Limenitis (Basilarchia) arthemis-astyanax complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at green ridge state forest. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 633-645. http://biostor.org/reference/56212

Taxonomy of Red-Spotted Purple: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/limenitis_arthemis_astyanax.htm
Taxonomy of White Admiral: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/limenitis_a_arthemis.htm
Info and Photos of Red-Spotted Purple: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/red-spotted_purple.htm

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