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To Henry Tibbats Stainton 18 February [1868]
Summary
Asks for information on coloration and proportions of sexes in butterflies and moths for his work on sexual selection.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 18 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 20) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5890 |
To H. T. Stainton 21 February [1868]
Summary
Discusses factors possibly influencing the sex of caterpillars. Is gathering information on sex ratios in insects and would welcome any cases in which males seem to outnumber females.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 21 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 21) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5907 |
To H. T. Stainton 28 February [1868]
Summary
Asks whether the colouring of particular butterflies has any protective function, to ascertain whether the function is other than sexual.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 28 Feb [1868] |
| Classmark: | E.W. Classey Ltd (dealers) (1974) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5949 |
To H. T. Stainton 2 March [1868]
Summary
Thanks HTS for his valuable information. Hopes to arrive at probable answer to question of proportion of males to females in the progeny of butterflies bred in domestication.
On courtship of butterflies, CD believes something more than chance is involved in determining which male is successful.
| Author: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Addressee: | Henry Tibbats Stainton |
| Date: | 2 Mar [1868] |
| Classmark: | Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 23) |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-5967 |
Document type
| letter | (4) |
Addressee
| Stainton, H. T. | (4) |
