Time-resolved fluorescence studies of the wings of Morpho sulkowskyi and Papilio xuthus butterflies

Zoological Science

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 843-847

  Kumazawa, Kinya ^a   Tabata, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

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EID: 0030433794     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.13.843     Document Type: Article

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