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Scientists Confirm Animal With Highest Number Of Chromosomes: The Atlas Blue Butterfly

Scientists Confirm Animal With Highest Number Of Chromosomes: The Atlas Blue Butterfly
science9/10/2025

It could make or break the species' future.

The Atlas blue butterfly (Polyommatus atlantica) is native to the North African mountain ranges of Morocco and northeast Algeria. It had long been suspected that this elusive butterfly may hold the record for the most chromosome pairs in the animal k... [3070 chars]