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February 20, 2009--A small striped swordtail butterfly was among a panoply of animals and plants recorded during a fall 2008 expedition to Mount Mabu in northern Mozambique.

Scientists also discovered three new species of butterfly, an emperor swallowtail, Swynnerton's robin, a rare orchid, and a new snake species.

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— Photograph courtesy Julian Bayliss/Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
 

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