Contact
Florida Museum of Natural History
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
3215 Hull Road
Gainesville, Florida 32611-2710
352-273-2012
kwillmott@flmnh.ufl.edu
Collections & Programs
Systematics of Neotropical Butterflies Lab
McGuire Center for Lepidoptera & Biodiversity
Other Affiliations
Education
Ph.D. University of Florida
B.S. Cambridge University
Research Interests
Neotropical butterfly systematics, diversity, evolution, biodiversity conservation
Publications
Recent Research News
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