Clodius Parnassian Butterfly
by Buddy Mays
Title
Clodius Parnassian Butterfly
Artist
Buddy Mays
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Photograph - Photograph
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A female Clodius Parnassian butterfly resting on an ox-eye daisy. The whitish structure on her abdomen is a sphragis, a mating plug deposited on her genitalia after mating by the male so that she can't mate again, thereby avoiding sperm competition.
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July 24th, 2017
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