Woman charged with stealing butterfly from Cincinnati exhibit

A Blue Morpho butterfly rests on the foliage at the Museum of Life and Science’s Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, N.C.
A Blue Morpho butterfly rests on the foliage at the Museum of Life and Science’s Magic Wings Butterfly House in Durham, N.C. Gerry Broome — The Associated Press file

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A Blue Morpho butterfly sits on a finger at one of the breeding houses of Bioproducts of El Salvador, S.A.
A Blue Morpho butterfly sits on a finger at one of the breeding houses of Bioproducts of El Salvador, S.A. Luis Romero — The Associated Press file

CINCINNATI >> Police say a woman who stole a butterfly from an Ohio botanical garden exhibit has been arrested.

The Cincinnati Enquirer reports Springfield Township police on Friday arrested 36-year-old Jamie Revis, of Springfield Township. She’s charged with theft for stealing a blue morpho butterfly from Krohn Conservatory in Cincinnati two weeks ago.

The theft was recorded by a surveillance camera, prompting police to seek the public’s help in finding the butterfly thief. Court documents say police used information from an Instagram account to arrest Revis.

Blue morpho butterflies are native to Central and South American rainforests and have life cycles lasting about 115 days.

It’s unclear whether the butterfly has been recovered.

Court records don’t indicate whether Revis has an attorney.

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