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| Some Possible Cases of Escape Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies | |
| Pinheiro, C. E. G.; Freitas, A. V. L. | |
| 2014 | |
| Source Publication | NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY
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| ISSN | 1519-566X |
| Volume | 43Issue:5Pages:393-398 |
| Abstract | The possibility that escape or evasive mimicry evolved in butterflies and other prey insects in a similar fashion to classical Batesian and Mullerian mimicry has long been advanced in the literature. However, there is a general disagreement among lepidopterists and evolutionary biologists on whether or not escape mimicry exists, as well as in which mimicry rings this form of mimicry has evolved. Here, we review some purported cases of escape mimicry in Neotropical butterflies and suggest new mimicry rings involving several species of Archaeoprepona, Prepona, and Doxocopa (the "bright blue bands" ring) and species of Colobura and Hypna (the "creamy bands" ring) where the palatability of butterflies, their ability to escape predator attacks, geographic distribution, relative abundance, and co-occurrence in the same habitats strongly suggest that escape mimicry is involved. In addition, we also indicate other butterfly taxa whose similarities of coloration patterns could be due to escape mimicry and would constitute important case studies for future investigation. |
| Keyword | Rain-forest Central Brazil Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Palatability Morphology Wild Mass Heliconiinae Communities |
| Subject Area | Entomology |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/9751 |
| Collection | 文献共享 |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Pinheiro, C. E. G.,Freitas, A. V. L.. Some Possible Cases of Escape Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies[J]. NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY,2014,43(5):393-398. |
| APA | Pinheiro, C. E. G.,&Freitas, A. V. L..(2014).Some Possible Cases of Escape Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies.NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY,43(5),393-398. |
| MLA | Pinheiro, C. E. G.,et al."Some Possible Cases of Escape Mimicry in Neotropical Butterflies".NEOTROPICAL ENTOMOLOGY 43.5(2014):393-398. |
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