<P> Like Bakerian mimicry, Dodsonian mimicry is a form of reproductive floral mimicry, but the model belongs to a different species than the mimic . The name refers to Calaway H. Dodson . By providing similar sensory signals as the model flower, it can lure its pollinators . Like Bakerian mimics, no nectar is provided . Epidendrum ibaguense (Orchidaceae) resembles flowers of Lantana camara and Asclepias curassavica, and is pollinated by monarch butterflies and perhaps hummingbirds . Similar cases are seen in some other species of the same family . The mimetic species may still have pollinators of its own though . For example, a lamellicorn beetle, which usually pollinates correspondingly colored Cistus flowers, is also known to aid in pollination of Ophrys species that are normally pollinated by bees . </P> <P> Pseudocopulation occurs when a flower mimics a female of a certain insect species, inducing the males to try to copulate with the flower . This is much like the aggressive mimicry in fireflies described previously, but with a more benign outcome for the pollinator . This form of mimicry has been called Pouyannian mimicry, after Maurice - Alexandre Pouyanne, who first described the phenomenon . It is most common in orchids, which mimic females of the order Hymenoptera (generally bees and wasps), and may account for around 60% of pollinations . Depending on the morphology of the flower, a pollen sac called a pollinia is attached to the head or abdomen of the male . This is then transferred to the stigma of the next flower the male tries to inseminate, resulting in pollination . Visual mimicry is the most obvious sign of this deception for humans, but the visual aspect may be minor or non-existent . It is the senses of touch and olfaction that are most important . </P> <P> Inter-sexual mimicry occurs when individuals of one sex in a species mimic members of the opposite sex . An example is the three male forms of the marine isopod Paracerceis sculpta . Alpha males are the largest and guard a harem of females . Beta males mimic females and manage to enter the harem of females without being detected by the alpha males allowing them to mate . Gamma males are the smallest males and mimic juveniles . This also allows them to mate with the females without the alpha males detecting them . Similarly, among common side - blotched lizards, some males mimic the yellow throat coloration and even mating rejection behaviour of the other sex to sneak matings with guarded females . These males look and behave like unreceptive females . This strategy is effective against "usurper" males with orange throats, but ineffective against blue throated "guarder" males, which chase them away . Female spotted hyenas have pseudo-penises that make them look like males . </P> <P> Automimicry or intraspecific mimicry occurs within a single species . One form of such mimicry is where one part of an organism's body resembles another part . For example, the tails of some snakes resemble their heads; they move backwards when threatened and present the predator with the tail, improving their chances of escape without fatal harm . Some fishes have eyespots near their tails, and when mildly alarmed swim slowly backwards, presenting the tail as a head . Some insects such as some lycaenid butterflies have tail patterns and appendages of various degrees of sophistication that promote attacks at the rear rather than at the head . Several species of pygmy owl bear "false eyes" on the back of the head, misleading predators into reacting as though they were the subject of an aggressive stare . </P>

What type of adaptation is being exhibited by the hawk moth caterpillar