Half-female, half-male butterfly born

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A rare half-female, half-male hatched from its cocoon at London's Natural History Museum.

13 July,2011 07:10 pm

A rare half-female, half-male hatched from its cocoon at Londons Natural History Museum, stunning researchers there.The butterfly is almost evenly split down the middle between its male and female sides. It is a very odd birth and only 0.01 percent of insects have dual sex traits like this. The wing of the male side is darker, while the female wing is more colorful. One antennae is longer than the other too.Butterflies with dual sex traits are known as gynandromorphs. Spectators will have to rush to catch a glimpse, because the butterflys lifespan is only a month.