Do butterflies mimic other animals?

With aggressive mimicry, capturing other insects becomes easier for certain ant-mimicking spiders, which bear an absolutely stunning resemblance to bona fide ants. In a remarkable display of evolutionary copycatting, certain ant-mimicking spiders not only have the body form of an ant, but align their extra pair of legs to look like the antennae of a six-legged insect. read more

This mimicry reduces attacks on Dryocopus galeatus from other animals. Scientists had falsely believed that D. galeatus was a close cousin of the other two species, because of the visual similarity, and because the three species live in the same habitat and eat similar food. read more