Adaptive Coloration in AnimalsMethuen & Company, Limited, 1940 - 508 pages |
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... example of the same kind is seen in the beautiful South African Eronia cleodora , a conspicuous black and white ... example , and one whose pattern is believed to have special directive significance ( p . 368 ) , is furnished by Thecla ...
... example of the same kind is seen in the beautiful South African Eronia cleodora , a conspicuous black and white ... example , and one whose pattern is believed to have special directive significance ( p . 368 ) , is furnished by Thecla ...
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... example of the kind has been given by Schmidt , who refers to a Chameleon named Rhampholeon boulengeri from the Belgian Congo as follows : ' In forest regions , where leaves of all sizes and shapes attract little attention , the ...
... example of the kind has been given by Schmidt , who refers to a Chameleon named Rhampholeon boulengeri from the Belgian Congo as follows : ' In forest regions , where leaves of all sizes and shapes attract little attention , the ...
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... example of leaf - resemblance among Lepi- doptera , or indeed anywhere in the animal kingdom , than that seen in the Oriental genus Kallima , whose realistic outline and colour - with the false leaf - stalk , midrib and pointed apex ...
... example of leaf - resemblance among Lepi- doptera , or indeed anywhere in the animal kingdom , than that seen in the Oriental genus Kallima , whose realistic outline and colour - with the false leaf - stalk , midrib and pointed apex ...
Contents
THE METHODS BY WHICH CONCEALMENT | 5 |
ADAPTIVE RADIATION IN COLOUR RESEMBLANCE II | 11 |
CONCLUSION | 15 |
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