Question

Answer the question based on the given information Henry Walter Bates in 1852 found two different types of Brazilian forest butterflies. Type 1: these butterflies were poisonous to the birds Type 2: these butterflies ere edible ones that resembled the first type but were not poisonous. This resemblance of type 2 butterflies to type I butterflies confers an advantage to the type 2 butterflies and is known as mimicry. Which of these is MOST likely be true about the two types of butterflies?

Answer 1

Answer:

B is more likely to be true in my opinion.

Explanation:

This is because type 2 butterflies aren't actually poisonous but since they mimic type one, predators are more likely to steer away from them so that they aren't risking getting poisoned. Hope this helped.

Answer 2

These Type-I and Type-II Butterflies might have a common predator (option  -B)

• This is a type of Batesian mimicry in which a particular patterned toxic or poisonous organism is mimicked by a  harmless organism mostly of similar sizes.
• The harmless organism over an evolutionary time period develops a similar body pattern or body color as the poisonous one.
• Over time the predator recognizes such a pattern is associated with distastefulness and avoids feeding on them
• This gives an advantage to mimicking species as the predator does not feed on them also.