Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera¶
Bates, H. W. (1862). Contributions to an Insect Fauna of the Amazon Valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London, 495-566.
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Primes¶
- Signifier
- The two failure modes both appear: a palatable mimic wearing the warning pattern without the sting is a false signifier (advertising an affordance it lacks), and a dangerous-but-drab insect is a missing signifier (a real hazard with no perceivable cue, hence eaten).
This sourceOriginates Batesian mimicry — a palatable mimic wearing a warning pattern it does not back with a defense, the canonical false signifier.
- The two failure modes both appear: a palatable mimic wearing the warning pattern without the sting is a false signifier (advertising an affordance it lacks), and a dangerous-but-drab insect is a missing signifier (a real hazard with no perceivable cue, hence eaten).
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