Patterns in Tropical Butterflies Provide Evidence of Evasive Mimicry (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

Patterns in Tropical Butterflies Provide Evidence of Evasive Mimicry

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Because many species in the genus Adelpha look alike from the top, researchers often use their intricately patterned undersides to distinguish them. From left, these butterflies are Adelpha salmoneus, Adelpha cocala and Adelpha epione.

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Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History

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