Butterflies that are poisonous or difficult to swallow often have eye-catching color spots to indicate their presence and make them easier for predators to identify. It is highly advantageous for these butterflies to be identified as inedible before they are attacked by their natural predators. To do this, they often utilize eye-catching combinations of colors such as black, red, orange, yellow and white. Once birds or other predators accidentally eat these butterflies once, they will not eat butterflies with similar patterns and colors again. Perhaps the most common species of butterfly with this vigilance is the monarch butterfly. King butterflies contain carnolides (toxic to the heart) absorbed from the milkweed that their larvae feed on, which deters predators. They often fly slowly and do not flee when disturbed, but deliberately display their presence. A fledgling bird may prey on a monarch butterfly, but will soon learn that monarch butterflies are inedible. It will then associate the unpleasant taste of the butterfly with its eye-catching color and will stop preying on similar butterflies once it encounters them.
The King Butterfly belongs to the Butterfly family. Its wings are reddish-brown, and the front edge and end of the forewing are dark brown. There are 4 large white spots near the top corner, and there are several small white spots nearby. There are irregular small white spots on the outer edge. a row. There is a dark brown band on the outer edge of the hind wing, with small white spots distributed in it; there are 3 dark brown spots at the end of the middle chamber; in males, there is another dark brown spot near the base of the Cu2 vein, which is the fragrant scale area. The reverse pattern is the same as the front, but the top corners of the forewings are yellowish brown and the middle of the male hair scales is white.
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