Butterflies paper in PNAS

“Ten Species in One: DNA Barcoding Reveals Cryptic Species in the Neotropical Skipper Butterfly Astraptes fulgerator paper by Paul Hebert, Erin Penton, John Burns, Daniel Janzen, and Winnie Hallwachs to be published this fall in Proceeding of the National Academy of Sciences. This exciting study demonstrates the power of DNA barcoding coupled with traditional taxonomic tools in disclosing hidden diversity, a critical issue in global conservation.

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