The Monarch Butterfly Is Poisonous to Birds; Therefore, Birds Avoid

Multiple Choice

The monarch butterfly is poisonous to birds; therefore, birds avoid eating them. Viceroy butterflies look very similar to monarch butterflies but are not poisonous. Because they look like monarch butterflies, birds also do not eat viceroy butterflies. This is an example of ____.

A) resource partitioning
B) competitive exclusion
C) mimicry
D) camouflage
E) commensalism