From Henry Walter Bates 11 March 1867
Summary
Sexual ornamentation of insects: coloration of Epicalia genus [of tropical S. American butterflies];
horned genera of lamellicorn beetles [see Descent 1: 370, 388].
Wallace brought CD’s question about gay-coloured caterpillars before the Entomological Society. Members now seeking explanations.
| Author: | Henry Walter Bates |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 11 Mar 1867 |
| Classmark: | DAR 82: A36–9, A46–7 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5438 |
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- … r Darwin I promised when you were here to look up a few cases of sexual ornamentation &c in insects & send the particulars to you. Here they are. 1. Gay-coloured butterflies. The tropical American genus Epicalia is a good case. The males are amongst the most gaudy of all butterflies; the females are generally very plain. I know both sexes of 12 …
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| letter | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Bates, H. W. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| 1867 | (1) |
