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Ian Z W Chan

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Lim H, Chan I, Monteiro A
Insects . 2024 Jul; 15(7). PMID: 39057198
Many toxic animals display bright colour patterns to warn predators about their toxicity. This sometimes leads other sympatric palatable organisms to evolve mimetic colour patterns to also evade predation. These...
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Chan I, Ngan Z, Naing L, Lee Y, Gowri V, Monteiro A
Proc Biol Sci . 2021 May; 288(1951):20202840. PMID: 34034526
There are fewer eyespots on the forewings versus hindwings of nymphalids but the reasons for this uneven distribution remain unclear. One possibility is that, in many butterflies, the hindwing covers...
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Chan I, Rafi F, Monteiro A
J Insect Sci . 2019 Dec; 19(6). PMID: 31830273
Small marginal eyespots on lepidopteran wings are conspicuous elements that attract a predator's attention to deflect attacks away from the body, but the role of ultraviolet (UV) reflectivity at the...