Eyespots divert attacks by fish

Bird attacks on a butterfly with marginal eyespots and the role of prey concealment against the background

(2013) Martin Olofsson et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Spots and stripes: ecology and colour pattern evolution in butterflyfishes

(2013) J. L. Kelley et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

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

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

Deimatic Display in the European Swallowtail Butterfly as a Secondary Defence against Attacks from Great Tits

(2012) Martin Olofsson et al.   PLoS One

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

Deflective effect and the effect of prey detectability on anti-predator function of eyespots

(2011) Adrian Vallin et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY AND SOCIOBIOLOGY

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

(2010) Martin Olofsson et al.   PLoS One

Fixed eyespot display in a butterfly thwarts attacking birds

(2009) Ullasa Kodandaramaiah et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

On the spot: the absence of predators reveals eyespot plasticity in a marine fish

(2008) Monica Gagliano   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY

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

(2008) M. Stevens et al.   BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY