The caterpillar feeds on the orange tree, and also on a forest tree (Vepris lanceolata) which has a lighter green leaf, and its colour corresponds with that of the leaves it feeds upon, being of a darker green when it feeds on the orange. The chrysalis... Tropical Nature, and Other Essays - Page 152by Alfred Russel Wallace - 1878 - 356 lehteFull view - About this book
| 1877 - 786 lehte
...orange-tree, and also on a forest tree ( Vepris lanceolata) which has a lighter green leaf, and its color corresponds with that of the leaves it feeds upon,...among the leafy twigs of its food-plant or of some neighboring tree, but it is probably often attached to larger branches ; and Mrs. Barber has discovered... | |
| 1877 - 520 lehte
...1874, p. 519. The caterpillar feeds on the orange tree, and also on a forest tree (Vepris lanceolata) which has a lighter green leaf, and its colour corresponds...Barber has discovered that it has the property of acquiring the colour, more or less accurately, of any natural object it may be in contact Vith. A number... | |
| 1877 - 522 lehte
...corresponds with that of the leaves it feeds upon, being of a darker green when it feeds on the onange. The chrysalis is usually found suspended among the...Barber has discovered that it has the property of acquiring the colour, more or less accurately, of any natural object it may be in contact'with. A number... | |
| Sir George Grove, David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris - 1877 - 572 lehte
...1874, p. 519. The caterpillar feeds on the orange tree, and also on a forest tree (Vepris lanceolata) which has a lighter green leaf, and its colour corresponds...upon, being of a darker green when it feeds on the oiange. The chrysalis is usually found suspended among the leafy twigs of its food-plant, or of some... | |
| 1877 - 528 lehte
...1874, p. 519. The caterpillar feeds on the orange tree, and also on a forest tree (Vt pris tanceolata) which has a lighter green leaf, and its colour corresponds with that of the leaveя it feeds upon, being of a darker green when it feeds on the orange. The chrysalis is usually... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace - 1891 - 516 lehte
...519 ' This caterpillar feeds upon the orange tree, and also upon a forest tree (Vepris lanceolate) which has a lighter green leaf; and its colour corresponds...Barber has discovered that it has the property of acquiring the colour, more or less accurately, of any natural object it may be in contact with. A number... | |
| Charles Clement Coe - 1895 - 638 lehte
...being nearly black. The caterpillar of an African butterfly feeds orr the orange tree and a forest tree which has a lighter green leaf, and its colour corresponds with that of the leaves upon which it feeds. Mrs. Barber has discovered that it has the property of acquiring more or less... | |
| 1877 - 1072 lehte
...orangetree, and also on a forest tree (Vcpris lanceolala) which has a lighter green leaf, and its color corresponds with that of the leaves it feeds upon,...among the leafy twigs of its food-plant, or of some neighboring tree ; but it is probably often attached to larger branches, and Mrs. Barber has discovered... | |
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