Why Would a Butterfly Need a Bridge?

Meet the Duke of Burgundy, a species of butterfly that was saved from certain doom, thanks to a bridge.

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Sources:

http://xerces.org/sites/default/files/publications/08-076.pdf
https://www.pnas.org/content/118/2/e2002551117
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/225709656_Habitat_preference_and_dispersal_of_the_Duke_of_Burgundy_butterfly_Hamearis_lucina_on_an_abandoned_chalk_quarry_in_Bedfordshire_UK
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10841-010-9324-0


https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fredou_-_Louis-Joseph-Xavier_of_France,_Duke_of_Burgundy,_Versailles.jpg
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/duke-of-burgundy-fritillary-butterfly-gm535422918-94908233
https://www.storyblocks.com/video/stock/butterfly-flying-away-from-the-palm-of-a-woman-slow-motion-120-fps-btexifq0ysjxa97uvd
https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/duke-of-burgundy-butterfly-face-on-gm493917147-40521048
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duke_of_Burgundy_(34386992842).jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Quino_Checkerspot_Butterfly_on_a_wild_hyacinth_(31651366006)_cropped.jpg
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Duke_of_Burgundy_(34386992842).jpg