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No one who has watched a butterfly or moth emerging from the chrysalis can fail to have been impressed by the rapid expansion of the wings. This expansion is not real growth, but merely the opening out of the contents of a carefully packed parcel, and the general character of the changes which occur in the process is well known.
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MALLOCK, A. Expansion of the Wings of Lepidoptera after Emergence from the Chrysalis. Nature 112, 7–8 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112007b0
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