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THE phenomena of mimicry, by which is meant the deceptive resemblance of one creature to another, were first made known among butterflies, and it is natural that the subject should have been further investigated in the same group of insects. But it has suffered thereby; for the narrowing of the field of inquiry has resulted in attempts to account for the phenomena which do not bear criticism in the light of wider knowledge and more detailed investigations into geographical distribution.
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See the papers by E. C. Stuart Baker, Proc. Zool. Soc., 1923, p. 277, and F. C. R. Jourdain, ibid., 1925, p. 639. See also presidential address to Ent. Soc. Lond., Jan. 20, 1926, by Prof. E. B. Poulton .
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CARPENTER, G. Mimicry. Nature 123, 661–663 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/123661a0
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