[quote=”Stefanie” post=1966](…)
– I understand that state 2 of males is similar to state 3 of females – is that right?
– Do I get it right, Peter, that only females may (in state 4) show some sort of speckled markings? There are no speckles in males?[/quote]
If you mean that females of state 3 resemble somewhat superficially males of state 2, then you are right. But this female resemblance is only partly to be seen and does never show the full brilliance of male´s state 2. We therefore should prefer to speak of the correspondence of state 2 male to state 2 female and the corresondence of state 3 male to state 3 female, although the colouring might suggest something different. More improtant than similar colouring is the similarity or correspondence of mood. Even if it leads to different sexual consequences in colouring. I arranged my explications in that order: similarity of mood.