Beautifully preserved specimens of butterflies from the Caribbean, caught maybe in the act of egg-laying some 20 million years ago, provide welcome grist to the mill of debate about butterfly history.
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Vane-Wright, D. Butterflies at that awkward age. Nature 428, 477–480 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/428477a
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