In 1844, the namesake of this phenomenon met Alfred Wallace, and the pair went on an excursion to South America to study the plant and animal life.
In 1844, the namesake of this phenomenon met Alfred Wallace, and the pair went on an excursion to South America to study the plant and animal life. This outing spurred an 1861 paper entitled "Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon Valley" wherein its dicoverer cites the similarities between the family Heliconiidae and Pieridae. Other examples of it include the the markings of a coral snake and a king snake, and the sameness in coloring of the monarch butterfly and the viceroy butterfly. For 10 points, identify this type of mimicry in which a non-poisonous species adapts the colorings of a poisonous species.
In 1844, the namesake of this phenomenon met Alfred Wallace, and the pair went on an excursion to South America to study the plant and animal life.
{Batesian} mimicry