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Mullerian mimicry is a phenomenon in which two or more harmful species have evolved to become phenotypically similar. This increases their protection from potential predators whose learned avoidance behaviour will be more strongly reinforced.
Functional characterization and modeling of a mimetic butterfly’s trichromatic visual system sheds light on the cues used for mate detection in the context of mimicry.
