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October 21, 2022
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Gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanilla)
A gulf fritillary butterfly (Agraulis vanilla).
[Research supported by U.S. National Science Foundation grant DGE 1650441, IOS 1656514, IOS 1753559, IOS 2128164 and IOS 1656553.]
Learn more in the Cornell news story Butterfly wing patterns emerge from ancient 'junk' DNA. (Date of image: 2022; date originally posted to NSF Multimedia Gallery: Oct. 21, 2022)
Credit: Anyi Mazo-Vargas
Images and other media in the National Science Foundation Multimedia Gallery are available for use in print and electronic material by NSF employees, members of the media, university staff, teachers and the general public. All media in the gallery are intended for personal, educational and nonprofit/non-commercial use only.
Images credited to the National Science Foundation, a federal agency, are in the public domain. The images were created by employees of the United States Government as part of their official duties or prepared by contractors as "works for hire" for NSF. You may freely use NSF-credited images and, at your discretion, credit NSF with a "Courtesy: National Science Foundation" notation.
Additional information about general usage can be found in Conditions.
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