Our understanding of insect flight is hampered by the difficulty of obtaining data when the insects are flying freely. But such experiments can be carried out and show butterflies to be masters of flight control.
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Zbikowski, R. Red admiral agility. Nature 420, 615–617 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/420615a
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