Chemically defended animals often display conspicuous color patterns that predators learn
to associate with their unprofitability and subsequently avoid. Such animals (ie, aposematic) …

Deals with all aspects of adaptive resemblance Full colour Covers everything from classic
examples of Batesian, Mullerian, aggressive and sexual mimicries through to human …

What types of genetic changes underlie evolution? Secreted signaling molecules (syn.
ligands) can induce cells to switch states and thus largely contribute to the emergence of …

Non‐sex‐linked color polymorphism is common in animals and can be maintained in
populations via balancing selection or, when under diversifying selection, can promote …

The striking female-limited mimicry observed in some butterfly species is a text-book
example of sexually dimorphic trait submitted to intense natural selection. Two main …

Since the phenomenon of mimicry was first described by Bates in 1862 it has become one of
the foundational examples of adaptive evolution. Numerous subcategories of mimicry and …

Some taxa have adopted the strategy of mimicry to protect themselves from predation.
Butterflies are some of the best representatives used to study mimicry, with the monarch …

Eclosion, the molt from pupae to adult stage, occurs at specific times of the day in many
holometabolous insects. In this study, we explored the daily pattern of eclosion and the …

Mimicry, where an undefended species resembles a defended species (Batesian mimicry)
or where two or more defended species resemble one another (Müllerian mimicry) is one of …

Butterfly wing colours have various adaptive functions such as camouflage, aposematism,
mimicry, species recognition, and mate choice. Due to their multifunctional nature, butterfly …