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Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes

GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint on a sports car. A new study shows birds can learn to ...
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Notes on the Natural History of a Rare Adelpha Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Costa Rican High Country

The nymphalid butterfly Adelpha leucophthalma tegeata Fruhstorfer is a rare member of the macrolepidopterous fauna in the central high (montane) country of Costa Rica. The life stages and ...
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Study: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and their lookalikes

The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a coat of bright yellow paint on a sports car. A new study by Florida Museum of Natural History shows birds ...
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Study: Birds learn to avoid flashy, hard-to-catch butterflies and its lookalikes

A new study by Florida Museum of Natural History shows birds can learn to recognize these visual cues, avoiding not only butterflies they have failed to nab in the past but similar-looking species as ...