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EXPERIMENTS have been conducted to test the effectiveness of presumed mimicry in two groups of North American butterflies : (1) Danaus plexippus Linn. (model) and Limenitis archippus archippus Cram. (mimic), the monarch and viceroy respectively ; (2) Battus philenor Linn. (model) and Papilio troilus Linn., P. polyxenes Stoll, and P. glaucus Linn. (black female) (mimics).
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ZANDT BROWER, J. Experimental Studies of Mimicry in some North American Butterflies. Nature 180, 444 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180444a0
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