TILS News regarding Tiger Swallowtails in southern New England

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All:

Attached is the supplement to my 2024 paper on the Tiger Swallowtail complex in southern New England.  Thanks to all the butterfly photographers that contributed photos for this project.  Photo credits are beneath each image.  Sorry, my reviewer suggested the live images be published in the supplement rather than the original research paper.  Space and mb issues.

Hope this helps folks understand that butterflies are no longer differentiated by black and white standards of identification.  We are learning that diversity and evolution is far more complex than traditionally thought.  More species are being revealed within complexes such as this one, and hybridization is accepted as a means of evolving a new species.

Harry