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Description: | This butterfly is from Suriname, in tropical South America. It belongs to a large family of very similar looking species that live in the rainforest. Within this family there are several species that are avoided by predators because they taste very bad. Lots of the other butterflies mimic the wing patterns of these species to avoid being eaten too. Because these species all look very similar, they are sometimes difficult to tell apart without microscopic examination. | License: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/about/copyright/ | Rights holder: | Tyne & Wear Museums | Subjects: | beyond the North East animals natural world | Source: | Tyne and Wear Imagine | Identifier: | http://www.imagine.org.uk/details/index.... | Go to resource |
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