where one species (mimic) evolves to look like another (model), to benefit the mimic.
Evolution by one species to resemble the coloration, body shape, or behavior of another species that is protected from predators by a venomous stinger, bad taste, or some other defensive adaptation.
Also known as true mimicry, this type of defence mechanism involves an edible species, the mimic, which resembles and behaves like a different, inedible, or otherwise protected species, the model.
Mimicry by a relatively harmless kind of organism of a more dangerous one, by which the mimic enjoys protection from predators that mistake it for the dangerous model. (Contrast with Müllerian mimicry.)
A kind of mimicry in which one non-poisonous species (the Batesian mimic) mimics another poisonous species.
Form of mimicry in which an innocuous mimic species gains protection by resembling noxious or dangerous model species.
the resemblance of non-noxious species such as viceroy butterflies to that of truly noxious species like the monarch (see Müllerian mimicry)
Batesian mimicry is when a non-poisonous species has markings similar to a non-related poisonous species and gains protection from this similarity. Since many predators have become sick from eating a poisonous animal, they will avoid any similar looking animals in the future. An example is the nonpoisonous Viceroy which mimics the poisonous Monarch (as it turns out, though, the Viceroy is also distasteful, so it is a Mullerian mimic). Henry Walter Bates defined this type of mimicry in 1861.
A type of mimicry in which one species evolves to resemble a species that has superior protection against predators.
