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Related: About this forumHalf-and-half male-female Great Mormon butterfly emerges
An "extremely rare" half male, half female butterfly, known as a gynandromorph, has been found in Hertfordshire.
The Great Mormon was discovered at Butterfly World in St Albans.
The sex division occurs straight down the middle of the abdomen and is visible in the different wing patterns, with the female half on the right.
Butterfly World said this natural phenomenon occurred in only one in 10,000, or 0.01% of butterflies.
A lepidopterist at the centre, Louise Hawkins, said the phenomenon happens "very early on" in the development of a butterfly when the "sex chromosomes don't divide properly".
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34603474
The Great Mormon was discovered at Butterfly World in St Albans.
The sex division occurs straight down the middle of the abdomen and is visible in the different wing patterns, with the female half on the right.
Butterfly World said this natural phenomenon occurred in only one in 10,000, or 0.01% of butterflies.
A lepidopterist at the centre, Louise Hawkins, said the phenomenon happens "very early on" in the development of a butterfly when the "sex chromosomes don't divide properly".
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-34603474
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Half-and-half male-female Great Mormon butterfly emerges (Original Post)
tencats
Oct 2015
OP
But, if that happens, can advertise in multiple categories on Craigslist. <G> n/t
jtuck004
Oct 2015
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COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)1. Well, at least it doesn't have any problem
getting a date.
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)3. But, if that happens, can advertise in multiple categories on Craigslist. <G> n/t
packman
(16,296 posts)2. Now that has just got to confuse the shit
out of any suitors. Then again, perhaps makes it the most popular butterfly out there.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)4. Talk about gender issues!
I read somewhere that with (some?) butterflies, two X chromosomes gets a male and an XY pair gets a female.