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DCP-LETT-12254

From:
Eduard Schulte
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
23 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 177: 64
Summary:

Sends drawing and description of butterfly discovered in Celebes. It is noteworthy for its colour, which plays a role in mating.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12274

From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Eduard Schulte
Date:
28 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 147: 428
Summary:

Discusses case of colour display in butterfly.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12278

From:
Eduard Schulte
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
30 Oct 1879
Source of text:
DAR 177: 65
Summary:

Asks for reference to article on butterfly [see CD’s "Sexual colours of certain butterflies", Collected papers 2: 220–2].

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-12329

From:
Eduard Schulte
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
18 Nov 1879
Source of text:
DAR 177: 66
Summary:

Supports CD’s theory but doubts that butterfly life-cycle is consistent with it. Metamorphosis of butterflies is not comparable to that of other insects.

Comments on butterfly fertilisation of flowers.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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