Figure 1: Mapping of the polymorphic mimicry locus H in P. polytes. Figure 5: Knockdown of dsx in mimetic female hindwings of P. polytes. The rate of single-nucleotide variation in the P.

Other swallowtails, such as Papilio polytes females, are masqueraders — they lack toxins, but mimic coloration and patterns of their poisonous kin to avoid getting munched on by birds ...

The left halves are all females of the common mormon butterfly (Papilio polytes). The right halves are either common mormon males (top) or different species of swallowtails (bottom). Adapted from ...