Day 7 - Red and Black

 4th of July

A Common Mormon female I spied

Her mimicry skill cannot be denied

She disguises as a toxic Rose

Right under your very nose

Predators give her a berth a mile wide. 

She nectared on the ixora so red 

Moving  from flower head to head

I watched in delight 

Her fluttering flight

Black, red and white wings outspread. 

She could be Cyrus, Stichius  and Romulus

The disguises of female Papilio poly-tes 

She seems to dwarf 

the male of one morph

And all this she does with no fuss!

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Papilio polytes- Common Mormon female in Romolus morph, where it mimics the poisonous Crimson Rose

Refer Batesian mimicry for more fascinating stuff.