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Principios de Taxonomia

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XXIVj Color Plates<br />

Color Plate 4. Cryptic Species and Mimicry<br />

Morphs (photomontage)<br />

Six different species of European Burnet moths<br />

(family Zygaenidae) are very similar in<br />

phenotype. They all are black with brilliant red<br />

spots. From left to right: Zygaena filipendulae, Z.<br />

ephialtes (photo: Jochen Ro<strong>de</strong>nkirchen), Z.<br />

transalpina, Z. viciae (on top of bla<strong>de</strong> of grass), Z.<br />

lonicerae (on yellow Birdsfoot Trefoil flower<br />

Lotus corniculatus) and Z. angelicae (on top of<br />

purple Oregano flower Origanum vulgare). Z.<br />

ephialtes, however, is also found in a completely<br />

different morph that has white and yellow spots<br />

(two examples bottom center and bottom<br />

right). This dark morph resembles the ninespotted<br />

moth (Amata phegea), a moth<br />

belonging to the family Arctiidae (bottom left).

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