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By using a previously published phylogeny with 80 <jats:italic>Xylotrupes</jats:italic> taxa, we estimated the transition rates between the two phenotypic states (i.e., presence vs. absence of a major male phenotype). Based on the estimated transition rates, we then simulated possible phenotypic outcomes between sympatric species. We found that sympatric species were equally likely to evolve the same versus distinct phenotypic states based on the estimated transition rates given the phylogeny. The empirically observed number of sympatric species showing different phenotypic states can be explained by evolutionary contingency alone. 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