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Principios de Taxonomia

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XXj Color Plates<br />

Color Plate 2. Batesian Mimicry<br />

(photomontage)<br />

Similarity is not kinship. Heliconiid and<br />

Ithomiid butterflies are bad-tasting and<br />

therefore avoi<strong>de</strong>d as a prey by birds and other<br />

predators. Representatives of completely<br />

different families of butterflies imitate the<br />

shapes and color patterns of the unpalatable<br />

species to be protected, although they are not<br />

Scheme for Color Plate 2<br />

unpalatable. Each of the four groups presents a<br />

Central American Heliconiid or Ithomiid<br />

together with their imitators. 1 Heliconius<br />

ismenius together with 2 Eresia eutropia<br />

(Nymphalidae); 3 the Heliconiid Euei<strong>de</strong>s isabella<br />

together with 4 Dismorphia orise (Pieridae); 5 the<br />

Ithomiid Ithomia heraldica together with 6<br />

Actinote anteas (Acraeidae); 7 Euei<strong>de</strong>s isabella<br />

together with 8 Dismorphia amphiona (Pieridae).

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