Comments on: Researching Eyes of the Butterflies http://www.newuniversity.org/2010/03/news/researching-eyes-of-the-butterflies/ Thu, 24 May 2012 03:30:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Ben Bolet http://www.newuniversity.org/2010/03/news/researching-eyes-of-the-butterflies/comment-page-1/#comment-2912 Ben Bolet Thu, 25 Mar 2010 00:29:41 +0000 http://www.newuniversity.org/?p=12020#comment-2912 Heliconius and Ithomiinae butterflies both have the gift rapid adaptation to changing environments around them. They are the perfect translators for the ecosystem, being that there is such an extensive database on their studies dating back 3 centuries. Every year more species of butterfly are discovered in this part of the world, and many of them are new forms of an already identified species. It seems that these "new" butterflies are adaptations that were triggered by the ever changing environment around them. Thank you for your article, I referenced it on my last blog article, benthebutterflyguy.blogspot.com Heliconius and Ithomiinae butterflies both have the gift rapid adaptation to changing environments around them. They are the perfect translators for the ecosystem, being that there is such an extensive database on their studies dating back 3 centuries. Every year more species of butterfly are discovered in this part of the world, and many of them are new forms of an already identified species. It seems that these “new” butterflies are adaptations that were triggered by the ever changing environment around them.

Thank you for your article, I referenced it on my last blog article, benthebutterflyguy.blogspot.com

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