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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
Date:
2 Mar [1868]
Source of text:
Natural History Museum, Library and Archives (General Manuscripts MSS DAR 23)
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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Henry Tibbats Stainton
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
7 Mar 1868
Source of text:
DAR 86: A19–20
Summary:

Protective coloration in butterflies.

[Alexander] Wallace’s suggestion that collecting larger larvae of females accounts for error in counting proportion of sexes.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project