[HELICONIUS] Question about Heliconius erato/mel race map

Jim Mallet j.mallet at ucl.ac.uk
Thu Mar 16 16:29:31 GMT 2006


 From time to time, several of us are asked about various Heliconius 
things, and know the answer.  It occurred to me I should make a HELICONIUS 
mailing list record, suitably edited, of these requests and replies, when 
they aren't confidential.  Here is the first.

Jim


>At 14:39 16/03/2006, Wayne Whaley wrote:
>>Jim,
>>I am seeking an illustration (attached) from years ago of H. erato and H. 
>>melpomene mimicry across the several subspecies in the Neotropics (with 
>>map).  I have attached (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/hel/turner75.jpg) 
>>the illustration from the article.  Can you tell me where this was 
>>published.  I seem to have misplaced my reference on this Heliconius 
>>paper.  Your help will be greatly appreciated.
>>Cheerio,
>>Wayne
>>
>>
>>Dr. Wayne H. Whaley
>>Professor
>>Department of Biology
>>Utah Valley State College
>>Orem, UT 84058
>>
>>Office (801) 863-8607
>>Dept. (801) 863-8616
>>Fax (801) 863-8064
>>e-mail: whaleywa at uvsc.edu
>>http://www.uvsc.edu/profpages/view.cfm?user=whaleyway

>Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2006 15:24:46 +0000
>To: "Wayne Whaley" <WHALEYWA at uvsc.edu>
>From: Jim Mallet <j.mallet at ucl.ac.uk>
>Subject: Re: Heliconius question
>
>Hello,
>
>Did you ask me this before and I never got back to you?  I seem to 
>remember a similar enquiry recently.  Anyway, I checked among my reprints, 
>and find that I don't have the one I thought it was.  I am almost sure, 
>based on this presupposition, and also the fact that your pages show the 
>page numbers 34 and 35, that it is from:
>
>Turner,JRG (1975): A tale of two butterflies. Natural History 84 
>(February), 28-37.
>
>Glad to be of assistance!
>
>Jim

James Mallet
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/taxome/jim/





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