Darwinism: an exposition of the theory of natural selection (1905)
Macmillan and co. · leaf 280
NG COLORATION AND MIMICRY 251 In Eastern Peru and Bolivia— Heliconins aristona. 4 Melinza cydippe. | (2) Mechanitis mothone. In Pernambuco— ` Heliconius cthra. } Mechanitis nesxa. In Rio Janeiro— ( Heliconius cucrate. l Mechanitis lysimnia. In South Brazil— | Thyridia megisto. Ituna ilione. Acræa… … for cach other when on the wing; and no doubt many other equally remarkable cases are yet unnoticed. The figures above of the fore and hind wings of two of these mimicking species, from Dr. Fritz Muller’s original paper in Kosmos, will serve to show the considerable amount of 5
Darwin’s theory · Variability of species · Natural selection · Colour perception · Mimicry · Evolution
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