The astounding story of the fake butterfly specimen Papilio ecclipsis – would you be fooled? – More Than A Dodo

For April Fool's Day, our Senior Collections Manager Darren Mann recounts the story of an elegantly fake butterfly – Papilio ecclipsis – asking whether it was a piece of scientific fraudulence or practical joke that went awry.

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Experimental field tests of Batesian mimicry in the swallowtail butterfly Papilio polytes - Palmer - 2018 - Ecology and Evolution - Wiley Online Library

Butterflies of Singapore: Life History of the Silver Forget-me-not

The astounding story of the fake butterfly specimen Papilio ecclipsis – would you be fooled? – More Than A Dodo

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The mimetic wing pattern of Papilio polytes butterflies is regulated by a doublesex-orchestrated gene network

The astounding story of the fake butterfly specimen Papilio ecclipsis – would you be fooled? – More Than A Dodo

We have a much wider variety of items available on our website:, www.BicBugs.com, All of our insects are hand raised or from sustainable sources such

Papilio troilus One Real butterfly spicebush swallowtail

Protect Kids from Porn: A Simple Lesson from (Fake) Butterflies