Evaluating an Alleged Mimic of the Monarch Butterfly: Neophasia (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) Butterflies are Palatable to Avian Predators

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 butterfly, Danaus plexippus (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) a well-known model. We are the first to empirically investigate a propo...

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Autores principales: Halbritter, Dale A., Gordon, Johnalyn M., Keacher, Kandy L., Avery, Michael L., Daniels, Jaret C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6316671/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30380597
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects9040150

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