Monarch Butterflies Are Protected from Birds and Other Predators but the Cardiac

question 53

Multiple Choice

Monarch butterflies are protected from birds and other predators but the cardiac glycosides they incorporate into their tissues are from eating milkweed when they were in their caterpillar stage of development. The wings of a different species of butterfly, the Viceroy, look nearly identical to the Monarch so predators that have learned not to eat the bad-tasting Monarch avoid Viceroys as well. This example best describes

• A)aposmatic coloration.
• B)cryptic coloration.
• C)Batesian mimicry.
• D)Müllerian mimicry.
• E)mutualism.

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