mimic

Japanese: mimic
mimic

...Experiments have shown that when green and brown swallowtail butterfly pupae are placed on green or dead brown grass and fed to chickens, the pupae are less likely to be spotted by the birds than those that are the same color as the background.
[Significant mimicry]
This is a method of gaining benefits by intentionally conspicuousness, which can be further divided into three types: Batesian mimicry, Mullerian mimicry, and aggressive mimicry. In Batesian mimicry, an animal that is not naturally unpleasant to eat avoids predators by making its appearance similar to another animal (model) that has a bad taste or is poisonous, and the animal that imitates is called a mimic.

*Some terminology explanations that mention "mimic" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…実験的にも,アゲハチョウの緑色と褐色のさなぎを,緑色や枯れた茶色の芝生の上に置いてニワトリに食べさせると,背景と同じ色のさなぎほど鳥に発見されにくいことが証明されている。
[標識的擬態mimicry]
 わざと目だつことによって利益を得るもので,これはさらにベーツ型擬態,ミュラー型擬態,攻撃擬態の三つに分けられる。ベーツ型擬態は,本来まずくない動物がまずい味や毒をもつ別の動物(モデル)に外見だけを似せることによって外敵から免れるもので,まねをしている動物は擬態者mimicと呼ばれる。…

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