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Neglected Eighty-Eight Butterfly
A neglected eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria neglecta) in Brazil’s Pantanal displays the design of lines and dots that gave it its unusual common name.

Photograph by Joel Sartore

PHOTOGRAPHY

Patterns in Nature: Butterflies

See photos of butterflies, from National Geographic.

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