Animals often evolve to have certain characteristics that help them escape predators more effectively. Some of these characteristics work to deflect predators away from the animal’s head. Many butterfly species have evolved such characteristics in the form of a quasi-head on their hindwings. These “false heads” attract predators to a less vital part of the butterfly’s body, thus preserving their actual head and allowing them to survive.
‘False head’ in certain butterflies found to evolve from multiple traits working in tandem to deflect predators
