automimicry
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thumb|Eyespot (mimicry)|Eyespots of [[foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) mimic its own eyes, which are camouflaged with a disruptive eye mask, deflecting attacks from the vulnerable head.]]
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Mimicry of distasteful members of the same species
- False head
- Military usage
- Notes
- References
thumb|Eyespot (mimicry)|Eyespots of [[foureye butterflyfish (Chaetodon capistratus) mimic its own eyes, which are camouflaged with a disruptive eye mask, deflecting attacks from the vulnerable head.]]
In zoology, automimicry, Browerian mimicry, or intraspecific mimicry, is a form of mimicry in which the same species of animal is imitated. There are two different forms.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “automimicry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.