Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... occur between wet and dry - season broods , involving modifications both of form and colour . Typically , the latter may be characterized by an elongated and bent apex to the fore wing , and by the much - produced angle of the hind wing ...
... occur between wet and dry - season broods , involving modifications both of form and colour . Typically , the latter may be characterized by an elongated and bent apex to the fore wing , and by the much - produced angle of the hind wing ...
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... occur in creatures that are lidless - namely , fishes , snakes , and grasshoppers . Nevertheless we may point out in passing that many lizards , such as Hemidactylus richardsoni ( Fig . 67 ) , Physignathus lesueurii , Anolis equestris ...
... occur in creatures that are lidless - namely , fishes , snakes , and grasshoppers . Nevertheless we may point out in passing that many lizards , such as Hemidactylus richardsoni ( Fig . 67 ) , Physignathus lesueurii , Anolis equestris ...
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... occur in the larval , pupal , or imaginal state ; or indeed it may persist in all three . Hingston ( 265 ) has described a number of excellent examples from various groups . One is a predatory Neuropterous larva of the genus Hemerobius ...
... occur in the larval , pupal , or imaginal state ; or indeed it may persist in all three . Hingston ( 265 ) has described a number of excellent examples from various groups . One is a predatory Neuropterous larva of the genus Hemerobius ...
Contents
SEASONAL DIMORPHISM | 17 |
MORPHOLOGICAL COLOUR | 24 |
OBLITERATIVE SHADING | 35 |
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