# Mr. Bates — The Origin of Species character guide

> Mr. Bates in The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Mr. Bates

**First appearance:** 0056-vii-miscellaneous-objections-to-the-theory-of-natural-selection

## Who they are

A naturalist and explorer who studied mimicry in Amazonian butterflies.

## In the story

### [Objections to the Theory of Natural Selection as Applied to Instincts: Neuter and Sterile Insects](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/objections-to-the-theory-of-natural-selection-as-applied-to-instincts-neuter-and-sterile-insects)

Cited for analogous cases of caste differences in ants from his work 'Naturalist on the Amazons'.

### [Analogical Resemblances](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_origin_of_species_se/chapters/analogical-resemblances)

Naturalist who first described butterfly mimicry in South America, providing key evidence for natural selection.

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