<i>Heliconius</i> Butterflies (IMAGE)

University of Cambridge

<i>Heliconius</i> Butterflies

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Butterfly co-mimic pairs from the species Heliconius erato (odd columns) and Heliconius melpomene (even columns). Illustrated butterflies are sorted by greatest similarity (along rows, top left to bottom right) using machine learning methods which enable new tests and discoveries in evolutionary theory. I

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J Hoyal Cuthill

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