FAKE FLIER A model of a swallowtail butterfly weighs 0.4 grams and has veins on its wings in the same pattern as real butterflies. H. Tanaka and I. Shimoyama/Bioinspiration & Biomimetics 2010
A new artificial butterfly is revealing the importance of wing veins and of upsy-downsy waverings to swallowtails’ flight.
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