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Silverstreak
01-Dec-2010, 11:18 PM
I think no one here has linked this one as yet....

ScienceDaily (June 13, 2010) — Chinese and German scientists have found a new butterfly species in the south of China. It is the first known species of the family of large blue butterflies found to live in mountain forests. The new species from northwestern Yunnan was discovered by Prof. Min Wang of the South China Agricultural University, Guangzhou, China and Dr. Josef Settele of the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research -- UFZ, Halle, Germany.


http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100609102022.htm

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and this one

[B]New Species, Because Of Its Mustache

ScienceDaily (Mar. 2, 2009) — After nearly a century in the Natural History Museum collections, a new butterfly species has been discovered because of its mustache.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/02/090220192951.htm

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