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On the phenomena of variation and geographical distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan region
Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace, co-discoverer of natural selection, studied the swallowtail butterflies of the Malay Archipelago to watch evolution at work: variation shaped by locality, mimicry as defense, and the puzzle of how species spread across islands. A brilliant paper from the field that inspired his theory. Chase the birdwing butterflies through the islands with a great naturalist.
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43 chapters
- 1I. On the Phenomena of Variation and Geographical Distribution as illustrated by the Papilionidæ of the Malayan Region. By Alfred R. Wallace, Esq.
- 2(Plates I.–VIII.)
- 3Variation as specially influenced by Locality.
- 4Mimicry.
- 5Arrangement and Geographical Distribution of the Malayan Papilionidæ.
- 6Catalogue of Malayan Papilionidæ.
- 7Ornithoptera (Boisd.).
- 8a. Priamus group.
- 9b. Pompeus group.
- 10c. Brookeana group.
- 11Papilio.
- 12Section A.
- 13a. Nox group.
- 14b. Coon group.
- 15c. Polydorus group.
- 16Section B.
- 17d. Ulysses group.
- 18e. Peranthus group.
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