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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.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project

DCP-LETT-5967

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.

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Darwin Correspondence Project
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