Butterflies Adaption

Butterflies Adaption

Many intriguing facets of butterflies' adaptation and evolution processes have just come to light
In the Western Ghats of Karnataka, a study on many species of butterflies and their mimicry characteristics was done.

What are the Study's Highlights?

The results were divided into three categories:

The species that are poisonous to predators serve as models.
Batesian Mimicry Species: Those that adopted poisonous or unappealing features to stave off predators.
Species that are closely related to Batesian mimics but did not evolve mimicry traits are known as non-mimetic species.
Models and Mimics are terms used to describe the disagreeable and the agreeable.
Butterflies that have evolved to use mimicry, advance more quickly than those species that do not.
Batesian mimics have evolved similar wing colorations and flight patterns as a means of avoiding predators.
Analysis showed that members of mimetic societies had evolved more quickly than their distant relatives, in addition to color patterns evolving at a far faster rate.
Butterflies come in a variety of colors and colour patterns, indicating that the genetic architecture underlying wing patterns and pigmentation are relatively pliable and adaptable.

What Purpose Does Western Ghats Serve?

The Western Ghats are a series of mountains that stretches from the states of Kerala, Maharashtra, Goa, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, and Karnataka along India's Western Coast.

Significance:

The Ghats have an impact on the Indian monsoon weather patterns, which moderate the area's mild tropical temperature.
They serve as a barrier against the south-westerly monsoon winds that carry rain.
Tropical evergreen forests and 325 internationally endangered species can be found in the Western Ghats

Source: The Hindu

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