|Question 17Verbal

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In their 2019 study of butterfly diversity at Rupa Lake in Nepal, researcher Hari Adhikariand his colleagues counted eight Paris peacock ______ to the Papilionidae family, the Paris peacock (Papilio paris) is known to be rare.
Which choice completes the text so that it conforms to the conventions of Standard English?
butterflies, belonging
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butterflies. Belonging
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butterflies and belonging
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butterflies belonging
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