A phenomenon which has received particular attention is female-limited polymorphism, in which only the females of a species are mimetic and polymorphic, often mimicking different, distantly-related aposematic butterflies.
Un fenómeno que recibiu especial atención é o polimorfismo limitado ás femias, no cal só as femias dunha especie son miméticas e polimórficas, as cales con frecuencia imitan a bolboretas diferentes e distantemente emparentadas aposemáticas.