$$ perl -MYAPE::Regex::Explain -e'die YAPE::Regex::Explain->new(qr/((.
+)\2*)/i)->explain'
The regular expression:

(?i-msx:((.)\2*))

matches as follows:

NODE                     EXPLANATION
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(?i-msx:                 group, but do not capture (case-insensitive)
                         (with ^ and $ matching normally) (with . not
                         matching \n) (matching whitespace and #
                         normally):
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  (                        group and capture to \1:
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    (                        group and capture to \2:
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      .                        any character except \n
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    )                        end of \2
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    \2*                      what was matched by capture \2 (0 or
                             more times (matching the most amount
                             possible))
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  )                        end of \1
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)                        end of grouping
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