Fred Nijhout described these creatures' coloration using the nymphalid ground plan.
Fred Nijhout described these creatures' coloration using the nymphalid ground plan. Bicyclus anynana's pronounced seasonal polyphenism makes it a model organism of this type. In 2011, sequencing experiments by Naomi Pierce, Kurt Johnson, et al. confirmed that the polyommatus blue type of this creature migrated in waves from Asia into the Americas, validating a theory by amateur scientist Vladimir (*) Nabokov. The Heliconius type of these lepidopteran insects serve as a textbook example of Mullerian mimicry, as do the viceroy type. For 10 points, name these large-winged insects which usually emerge from a chrysalis and include the poisonous orange monarch type.
Fred Nijhout described these creatures' coloration using the nymphalid ground plan.
butterflies [or moths until "Bicyclus" is read; prompt "Lepidopter" or "Lepidoptera" until read]