Question

why do viceroy butterflies copy the monarch butterflies

Answer 1

It's just their escaping strategy

• Viceroy butterflies are poisoning and usually prey prefer to avoid them

• This act is termed as Mimicry.

• As the name suggests , an organisms try to copy other organism or pretend to be one with qualities exhibited by 'em.

• So this method is used by Monarch butterfly to escape from prey

Answer 2

Answer:

They decided that the reason for the similar appearance was that the viceroy had evolved colors that mimic, or copy, the monarch colors to confuse predators and thereby protected themselves. Monarch larvae eat milkweed plants that contain chemicals poisonous to birds and other predators.

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