From A. G. Butler 2 June 1871
Summary
Facts contradicting Wallace’s views on coloration of Lepidoptera.
| Author: | Arthur Gardiner Butler |
| Addressee: | Charles Robert Darwin |
| Date: | 2 June 1871 |
| Classmark: | DAR 89: 108–111 |
| Letter no: | DCP-LETT-7797 |
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- … Roland Trimen and to Diadema misippus (now Hypolimnas misippus , the Danaid eggfly). Amauris ochlea ( Danais ochlea is now a junior synonym) is the novice butterfly. In addition to being sexually dimorphic, the Danaid eggfly has three recognised female morphs. See Descent 1: 413. Callidryas is now Phoebis , a genus of sulphur butterflies (subfamily Coliadinae), in which females tend to be a deeper shade of colour than the males. Butler’s description of Terias memulus (a synonym of Pyrisitia leuce , Hall’s sulfur) is in Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London ( Butler 1871 , …
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| letter | (1) |
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| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| Butler, A. G. | (1) |
| Darwin, C. R. | (1) |
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| 1871 | (1) |
