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Some reptiles, such as the sand lizard of Europe, have eyespots; in the sand lizard's case, there is a row of spots along the back, and a row on each side. [12]Many species of cat, including Geoffroy's cats, jungle cats, pampas cats, and servals, have white markings, whether spots or bars, on the backs of their ears; it is possible that these signal "follow me" to the young of the species.
Androconial spot on the hind wing of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana. The center pupil of the so called anterior "eyespot" on the fore wing of the African butterfly Bicyclus anynana scale. The bush brown is a small brown butterfly with a wingspan of 35–40 mm for males and 45–49 for females.
Orsotriaena medus is a medium-sized butterfly with wingspan of 45 to 55 mm (1.8 to 2.2 in). The butterfly is dark brown above with a thin marginal pale border. The upper hindwing having a thin submarginal line. There are no eyespots on the upperside of the wings. [9] Below, the butterfly has a white discal band which runs across both wings.
Close-up of a Caligo wing. The underwing pattern is highly cryptic.It is conceivable that the eye pattern is a generalized form of mimicry.It is known that many small animals hesitate to go near patterns resembling eyes with a light-colored iris and a large pupil, which matches the appearance of the eyes of many predators that hunt by sight.
The larvae, partly the adult butterflies, are covered with urticating hair. These release poison if you come in contact with them and can trigger skin irritation, sometimes even more serious complications. The larvae tend to sit in tight junctions on tree trunks, and are quite well camouflaged, so that one can inadvertently easily contact them.
Junonia evarete (Cramer, 1779), the tropical buckeye or South American tropical buckeye, is a South American butterfly of the nymphalid (Nymphalidae) family. [1] It has characteristic eye spots on the wings, which have a wingspan between 4.5 and 6.5 cm (1.8 and 2.6 in). This butterfly is easily confused with Junonia genoveva, the mangrove ...
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In individuals with no yellow patch, there are two pale yellow eye rings that encircle both the forewing eyespots. [6] The wingspan measures 5.3 to 7.3 cm (2.1 to 2.9 in). [2] These butterflies have ears at their forewing bases that are most sensitive to low frequency sounds (less than 5 kHz).