Little bluish butterflies high in the Sierra Nevada mountains have an unusual history. Researchers report that these insects belong to one of the few animal species known to have arisen from crossbreeding of two other species.
EFFICIENT HYBRIDS. These two butterflies are members of a not-yet-named species that has colonized harsher habitats of the Sierra Nevada mountains than its parent species have.
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