Evolution: Fossils reveal butterflies' history

The world’s largest butterfly tree of life is helping researchers determine where the winged insects originated when they first appeared on Earth about 100 million years ago.

Fossils show butterflies existed before flowers •

Scientists Reveal the Most Comprehensive Map of Butterfly Evolution Ever—and It's Gorgeous

34-million-year-old flapper that's one of a kind

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A Powder snow Butterfly

Moth Fossils Pester Insect Evolution

The Abrupt Origin of Butterflies

A Powder snow Butterfly

Butterflies at that awkward age

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Lepidopteran - Metamorphosis, Wings, Pollination

A global phylogeny of butterflies reveals their evolutionary history, ancestral hosts and biogeographic origins