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. |
beautiful
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