2014-10-22

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MinuteEarth

Here's why you shouldn't judge a butterfly species by its wing coloration.

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CREDITS

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Video Concept and Writing: Rebecca Deatsman

Narration: Emily Elert

Illustration and Animation: Ever Salazar

Music: Nathaniel Schroeder

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OTHER CREDITS

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White Admiral - Photo by: Wikimedia user Limulus

Limenitis arthemis astyanax - Wikimedia user Ks0stm

Red Spotted Purple - Wikimedia user Saxophlute

River rocks - Public Domain Photo

Pipevine Swallowtail - Public Domain Photo

Poison Symbol - Public Domain Image

Monarch Butterfly - U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Monarch butterfly catterpillar - Ryan E. Poplin

Lagopus muta Winter - Ómar Runólfsson

Lagopus muta Summer - Wikimedia user Boaworm

Sexual dimorphism Mandarin - Francis C. Franklin

Gray Wolf - Public Domain Photo

Maltese Dog - Wikimedia user SheltieBoy

Limenitis lorquini - Public Domain Photo

Limenitis archippus - Gordon E. Robertson

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REFERENCES

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Andy Warren, pers. comm. July 29, 2014. https://twitter.com/rdeatsman/status/494195315449532417

Brock, J. P., & Kaufman, K. (2003). Field Guide to Butterflies of North America.T. Hillstar Editions LC Houghton Mifflin Company, New York, NY.

Platt, A.P. and Brower, L.P. 1968. Mimetic Versus Disruptive Coloration in Intergrading Populations of Limenitis arthemis and Astyanax Butterflies. Evolution, Vol. 22, No. 4: 699-718. http://www.jstor.org/stable/2406897

Platt, A.P. 1987. Banded admirals from western Maryland: analysis of the Limenitis (Basilarchia) arthemis-astyanax complex (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) at green ridge state forest. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 89: 633-645. http://biostor.org/reference/56212

Taxonomy of Red-Spotted Purple: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/limenitis_arthemis_astyanax.htm

Taxonomy of White Admiral: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/limenitis_a_arthemis.htm

Info and Photos of Red-Spotted Purple: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/bfly/red-spotted_purple.htm