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Both are beautiful. (lemmy.today)
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[–] 1 point 3 months ago (1 child)

all butterflies are just moths that fly in the daytime

I mean, that's just plain wrong though.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago

    To clarify, moths have been around way longer than butterflies, and butterflies evolved from moth‑like ancestors that switched to flying in the daytime. So in an evolutionary sense, butterflies are just a specialised branch of moths, even though we treat them as their own group today in taxonomy. Moths are the OG Lepidoptera.

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