Henry Walter Bates. From J. Thomson - Obituary: Henry Walter Bates, F. R. S., Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Apr., 1892), pp. 245-257.
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Henry Walter Bates. From J. Thomson - Obituary: Henry Walter Bates, F. R. S., Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society and Monthly Record of Geography, New Monthly Series, Vol. 14, No. 4 (Apr., 1892), pp. 245-257.

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Henry Walter Bates Describes "Batesian Mimicry"

1862
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In "Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley: Lepidoptera: Heliconidae," Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 25 (1862) 495-566 English naturalist and explorer Henry Walter Bates first stated and solved the problem of mimicry, known today as "Batesian mimicry." In this adaptation for survival the palatable species mimics a unpalatable model in a form of protective coloration that evolved through natural selection.

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