The colours of animals : their meaning and use, especially considered in the case of insects (1890)
Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1856-1943 · New York : D. Appleton · leaf 144
116 THE COLOURS OF ANIMALS the food-plant, Orange, they were of a similar colour (see fig. 25) ; when fixed to dead branches covered with withered, pale yellowish-green leaves, they re- sembled the latter (see fig. 26). One of the cater- pillars ' affixed itself to the wooden frame of the case, … Fig. 26.— The pupa of Papilio nireus FiG-. 27.— The pupa of Papilio nireus attached to plant ( Vep7Hs lanceo- attached to woodwork. lata) with withered yellowish-green leaves. and then became a yellowish pupa of the same colour as the wooden frame' (see fig. 27), The case was made partly of…
Animals · Insects
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