Examples of Mimicry 
There is, indeed, a whole group of these clear- 
winged moths, resembling bees, wasps, and other 
stinging hymenoptera. The common Indian 
Danaid butterfly, Danazs chrysipfpus, is marvel- 
lously reproduced by the female of Aypolimnas 
misippus, a form allied to our Purple Emperor. 
The male of this is black, with white blue- 
bordered patches, the female chestnut, edged 
with black and with white spots at the tips of 
the wings, as in the Danzazs. Finn has shown 
experimentally that this species is liked by 
birds. 
Another common Indian Danaid (D. Limnzace), 
black, spotted with pale green, is imitated, though 
not very closely, by the female of one of the 
“white” group, Vepheronia heppia. Finn found 
that this insect was eaten freely by birds, and 
that the common jungle-babbler (Cvateropus 
canorus) was deceived by the mimicry of the 
female. The very nauseous Indian swallow-tail 
(Papilio aristolochze) is closely imitated by another 
swallow-tail (P. Zofztes), both having black wings 
marked with red and white; P. avrzstolochie, 
however, has a red abdomen. This difference 
was not noticed by two species of Drongo-shrikes 
(Dicrurus ater and Dzssemurus paradiseus), to 
which the butterflies were offered ; but the Pekin 
robin (Lzothrix luteus)—a very intelligent little 
bird—did not fail to pick out and eat the mimic, 
though it was deceived by the marvellously 
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