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Polytypism

Polytypism is the existence of populations with a different phenotype and which are therefore morphologically different within the same species.

A polytypic species is therefore a species which contains several subspecies.

An example of polytypism in the butterfly Idea blanchardii. © Lepido.france CC by-nc-nd 3.0 An example of polytypism in the butterfly Idea blanchardii. © Lepido.france CC by-nc-nd 3.0

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