Butterflies originated in North America after splitting from moths, new study suggests
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A blue morpho butterfly sits on a leaf.A new study finds that butterflies likely originated somewhere in western North America or Central America around 100 million years ago.Kristen Grace/Florida Museum Akito Kawahara remembers being eight years old when he went on a special tour of the insect collection at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.
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