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DCP-LETT-5890

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
18 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 20)
Summary:

Asks for information on coloration and proportions of sexes in butterflies and moths for his work on sexual selection.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5907

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
21 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Special Collections MSS DAR 21)
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5949

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
28 Feb [1868]
Source of text:
E.W. Classey Ltd (dealers) (1974)
Summary:

Asks whether the colouring of particular butterflies has any protective function, to ascertain whether the function is other than sexual.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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