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protective mimicry — protective mimicry, a close resemblance of a defenseless animal to some different animal, which is less susceptible to attack from predators; Batesian mimicry. For example, the viceroy butterfly closely resembles the monarch, which is not eaten… … Useful english dictionary
Animal colouration — has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. Colours may be cryptic (functioning as an adaptation allowing the prevention of prey detection; aposematic (functioning as a warning of unprofitability) or may be the… … Wikipedia
Animal coloration — Chapman s Zebras in Botswana, displaying their outline disrupting camouflage Animal coloration has been a topic of interest and research in biology for well over a century. According to Charles Darwin s 1859 theory of natural selection,[1 … Wikipedia
Mimicry — Mim ic*ry, n. 1. The act or practice of one who mimics; ludicrous imitation for sport or ridicule. [1913 Webster] 2. (Biol.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Chilasa clytia — Taxobox name = Common Mime image width = 220px image caption = Common Mime Chilasa clytia form dissimilis photographed in Cochin, Kerala. regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Papilionidae genus =… … Wikipedia
Batesian mimicry — /bayt see euhn/, Ecol. the protective resemblance in appearance of a palatable or harmless species, as the viceroy butterfly, to an unpalatable or dangerous species, as the monarch butterfly, that is usually avoided by predators. Cf. Müllerian… … Universalium
Papilio clytia — form dissimilis Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
syncryptic — (ˈ) ̷ ̷|kriptik adjective Etymology: syn + cryptic : of, relating to, or being a protective resemblance in appearance in which basically unlike organisms are similar (as in color) often through a common adaptation to their environment; also :… … Useful english dictionary
cryptic coloration — noun coloring that conceals or disguises an animal s shape • Hypernyms: ↑protective coloration * * * cryptic coloration noun (zoology) Protective resemblance to some part of the environment by countershading or mimicry (eg of leaves or twigs) • • … Useful english dictionary
Robert Walter Campbell Shelford — (3 August 1872 – 22 June 1912), was a British entomologist and museum administrator and naturalist, with a special interest in entomology and insect mimicry; he specialised in cockroaches and also did some significant work on stick insects.… … Wikipedia
