Many types of polymorphism can be seen in the insect order Lepidoptera. Polymorphism is the appearance of forms or "morphs" differing in color and number...

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populations in geographical polymorphism, and between generations flying at different seasons of the year (seasonal polymorphism or polyphenism). In some species...

No. 81 ). ISBN 978-000-219934-6. Polymorphism in Lepidoptera For example: Majerus, M.E.N. (2008). "Signs of Darwin in your back garden: The defensive colour...

morph is shown is environmental. In genetic polymorphism, the genetic makeup determines the morph. The term polymorphism also refers to the occurrence of...

(/ˈkætərpɪlər/ KAT-ər-pil-ər) are the larval stage of members of the order Lepidoptera (the insect order comprising butterflies and moths). As with most common...

and the maintenance of polymorphism". Heredity. 17: 415–426. Wright, S. (1948). "On the roles of directed and random changes in the frequency of genetics...

well known for polymorphism and mimicry. Males are in a singular form, appearing blackish with distinctive white spots that are fringed in blue. However...

sperm types might differ in size, shape and/or chromosome complement. Sperm heteromorphism is also called sperm polymorphism or sperm dimorphism (for...

phenomenon which has received particular attention is female-limited polymorphism, in which only the females of a species are mimetic and polymorphic, often...

was elected FRS in 1946, and awarded the Darwin Medal in 1954. E.B. Ford worked for many years on genetic polymorphism. Polymorphism in natural populations...

(Aug 68) Pieris napi in Calabria. Entomologist 101, pp. [180-190] Bowden, S. R. (Oct 1970) Polymorphism in Pieris: f. sulphurea in Pieris napi marginalis...

display geographic color polymorphism, which occurs when the viceroy butterflies are observed having different color forms in different regions of their...

(1975-03-01). "Genetic Polymorphism and Evolution in Parthenogenetic Animals. Ii. Diploid and Polyploid Solenobia Triquetrella (lepidoptera: Psychidae)". Genetics...

melanism in the Lepidoptera is a 1973 science book by the lepidopterist Bernard Kettlewell. The book includes Kettlewell's original papers in the journal...

British insects: the genera of Lepidoptera-Geometridae. Version: 29 December 2011 Prout, L. B. (1912–16). Geometridae. In A. Seitz (ed.) The Macrolepidoptera...

individuals. As with their American counterparts, workers exhibit caste polymorphism with the soldiers having particularly large heads that power their scissor-like...

mimicry rings in NE Peru". University College London. Retrieved 19 August 2011. Brown, Keith S.; Woodruff W. Benson (1974). "Adaptive polymorphism associated...

by their well-developed and long wings. Such polymorphism is well known in aphids and grasshoppers. In the migratory locusts, there are distinct long...

funiculus in workers and queens, and the second and third segments of the funiculus are twice as long and broad in larger workers. Polymorphism occurs in all...

W. (1862). "Contributions to an insect fauna of the Amazon valley. Lepidoptera: Heliconidae". Transactions of the Linnean Society. 23 (3): 495–566....

Southern Siberia, Mongolia and China. The adults of this species display polymorphism; in addition, several subspecies are recognized. The wingspan is 45–60 mm...

up to six on each wing, but sometimes none. The factors that govern polymorphism in this trait are not resolved, although a number of theories have been...

repletes, demonstrating the flexibility of this particular polymorphism. This polymorphism in morphology and behaviour of workers initially was thought...

Bowker. He was among the first entomologists to investigate mimicry and polymorphism in butterflies and their restriction to females. He also collaborated...

isomers and their tandem mass spectrometric distinction in a geographically structured polymorphism in the crucifer Barbarea vulgaris". Phytochemistry. 115:...

(2009). "Sexual dimorphism and geographical male polymorphism in the ghost moth Hepialus humuli (Lepidoptera: Hepialidae): Scale ultrastructure and evolutionary...

small spots near the apex and post-median area of the forewing. Polymorphism can be seen in the color of these markings as some individuals are white-banded...

Hypolimnas alimena in terms of flight musculature (thoracic mass). Females are hugely variable due to the presence of both genetic polymorphism and phenotypic...

coat coloration occurs as a common polymorphism in 11 of 37 felid species and reaches high population frequency in some cases but never achieves complete...