Predator mimicry, not conspicuousness, explains the efficacy of butterfly eyespots

Do animal eyespots really mimic eyes?

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Deimatic displays

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The role of key features in predator recognition by untrained birds

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Eyespot display in the peacock butterfly triggers antipredator behaviors in naïve adult fowl

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A framework for analysing colour pattern geometry: adjacent colours

(2012) John A. Endler   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

The ‘sparkle’ in fake eyes - the protective effect of mimic eyespots in lepidoptera

(2012) C. Blut et al.   ENTOMOLOGIA EXPERIMENTALIS ET APPLICATA

Number of eyespots and their intimidating effect on naïve predators in the peacock butterfly

(2011) Sami Merilaita et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

The evolutionary significance of butterfly eyespots

(2011) Ullasa Kodandaramaiah   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

Marginal Eyespots on Butterfly Wings Deflect Bird Attacks Under Low Light Intensities with UV Wavelengths

(2010) Martin Olofsson et al.   PLoS One

A tropical horde of counterfeit predator eyes

(2010) D. H. Janzen et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Conspicuousness, not eye mimicry, makes "eyespots" effective antipredator signals

(2008) M. Stevens et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY