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Two-headed butterfly vs. mantis: do false antennae matter?

The colour patterns and morphological peculiarities of the hindwings of several butterfly species result in the appearance of a head at the rear end of the insect’s body. Although some experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that the “false head” deflects predator attacks towards the rear end...

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Autores principales: López-Palafox, Tania G., Cordero, Carlos R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5483043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28652941
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.3493