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Butterflies and moths with eye-like patterns on their wings are fascinating examples of nature’s ingenuity. These eye spots serve as a defense mechanism, tricking predators into thinking they are staring into the eyes of a much larger and more dangerous creature.
8 mar 2022 · DOI: Butterfly eyespots evolved via cooption of an ancestral gene-regulatory network that also patterns antennae, legs, and wings. Researchers probe the genetic logic underlying eyespot development on butterfly wings, identifying the origin of a beautiful and useful novel complex trait.
8 cze 2023 · These 20 fascinating butterfly species, with their eye-catching, eye-like patterns on their wings, never cease to amaze and delight nature enthusiasts. Not only do they boast stunning appearances, but their unique wing patterns also serve as ingenious defense mechanisms.
7 kwi 2015 · Big spots on butterfly wings actually can mimic the eyes of predators, a new study finds, reviving a partly discredited textbook truth with fresh evidence.
9 mar 2015 · When the butterfly rests with wings held together, the ventral surface of a single pair of wings (a forewing and a hindwing) are visible, making it relatively more difficult for a pair of large eyespots to evolve on the ventral wing surface.
Many butterflies, such as this gladeye bushbrown (Mycalesis patnia), have eyespots on their wings. An eyespot (sometimes ocellus) is an eye-like marking. They are found in butterflies, reptiles, cats, birds and fish. Eyespots could be explained in at least three different ways.
18 lip 2011 · Many butterflies, especially in the family Lycaenidae, have 1 or 2 simple spots or eyespots at the margin of the wing, along with lines radiating toward it, and extensions of the wing close to the eyespot that presumably imitate antennae.
