The astounding story of the fake butterfly specimen Papilio ecclipsis – would you be fooled? – More Than A Dodo

For April Fool's Day, our Senior Collections Manager Darren Mann recounts the story of an elegantly fake butterfly – Papilio ecclipsis – asking whether it was a piece of scientific fraudulence or practical joke that went awry.

Comparative analysis on visual and olfactory signals of Papilio xuthus (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) during foraging and courtship

To test tricky butterflies, fool birds with 3,600 fakes - Futurity

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The Origin of Butterflies: A 100 Million-Year-Old Mystery Unraveled

2 x The Orange Mimic-Swallowtail, Papilio zagreus A1, Unmounted Papere

The Origin of Butterflies: A 100 Million-Year-Old Mystery Unraveled

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Hundekommandos für Schutzhunde: Breaking the Lunatic Baal Cycle with Zero Information Entropy

Protect Kids from Porn: A Simple Lesson from (Fake) Butterflies

1832: The Destructive Sphinx

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The Tawny mime is a mimic! – Ray Cannon's nature notes