What is Eye-spot (mimicry)?
[[File:Automeris ioPCCA20040704-2975AB1.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Moth ''[[Automeris io]]'' shows [[startle display]] on its rear wings. Ocelli are usually covered: the insect jinks the front wings forward when startled.]] [[File:Serval from back.jpg|thumb|upright|right|A [[serval]] from behind, with ocelli on the back of its ears. Kits can see their mother as she moves in the long grass]] An '''eye-spot''' (or '''ocellus''') is an [[eye]]-like marking on the body of an animal. They are found on [[butterflies]], [[reptiles]], [[felid]]s, [[birds]] and [[fish]]. Eye-spots may be a form of [[mimicry]]: the spot looks like the eye of a larger animal. Its function may be to draw a [[predator]]'s attention away from the most vulnerable body parts; or to look like an unpleasant or dangerous animal.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1017/S1464793105006810 |author=Stevens, Martin |title=The role of eyespots as anti-predator mechanisms, principally demonstrated in the Lepidoptera |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_biological-reviews_2005-11_80_4/page/573 |journal=Biological Reviews |volume=80 |issue=4 |year=2005 |pages=573–588 |pmid=16221330 |s2cid=24868603 }}</ref><ref> Stevens, Martin & Ruxton, Graeme D. 2014. Do animal eyespots really mimic eyes? ''Current Zoology'' '''60''', 1, p26. [http://connection.ebscohost.com/c/articles/94872359/do-animal-eyespots-really-mimic-eyes]</ref><ref>Blest A.D. 1957. The function of eyespot patterns in the Lepidoptera. ''Behavour'' '''11''', 209{{ndash}}255.</ref> In larger animals, eyespots may play a role in intraspecies [[communication]] or [[courtship]] &ndash; the best-known example is probably the eyespots on a [[peacock]]'s display feathers. There is evidence that eyespots in butterflies are [[anti-predator defences]]. Some are [[deimatic display]]s to distract, startle or scare off predators, or at least to deflect attacks away from vital body parts.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1098/rspb.2004.3034 |author=Vallin A. |display-authors = etal |title=Prey survival by predator intimidatio