Search results
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.
18 lip 2011 · Numerous butterflies have circular patterns called eyespots on their wings. Explanations for their functional value have until recently remained hypothetical. However, several studies in the last few years have supported long-standing hypotheses, and the current paper reviews these recent advances.
This article reviews the latest developments in our understanding of the origin, development, and evolution of nymphalid butterfly eyespots. Recent contributions to this field include insights into the evolutionary and developmental origin of eyespots and their ancestral deployment on the wing, the evolution of eyespot number and eyespot sexual ...
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.
There are many butterfly and moth species that have developed what appear to be extra eyes. These distinct wing markings are often referred to as eyespots, false eyes or false eyespots and come in a wide variety of colours and sizes.
1 cze 2015 · We obtained photographs of 70 species of butterflies and moths (table 1) that exhibit eye-spots on their wings from books and online sources. The 70 species belong to seven different families (Carthaeidae (1), Noctuidae (3), Nymphalidae (38), Papilionidae (1), Riodinidae (6), Saturniidae (20) and Sphingidae (1)).
7 maj 2015 · Large conspicuous eyespots on butterfly wings have been shown to deter predators. This has been traditionally explained by mimicry of vertebrate eyes, but recently the classic eye-mimicry hypothesis has been challenged.
