Electron Microscopy and Spectroscopical Studies on the Coloured Patches on the Wing of a Butterfly, Graphium sarpedon (Lepidoptera: Papillionidae) with Reference to Their Photobiological and Electrical Properties

Pigment Cell Research

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-11

  Dey, S ^a   Hooroo, R N K ^a   Bhattacharjee, C R ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Butterfly; Cuticle; Pigmented patches; Scanning electron microscope; Wing

Indexed keywords

FREE RADICAL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BUTTERFLY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FORELIMB; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FREE RADICALS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; PIGMENTATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; WING;

EID: 0031992502     PISSN: 08935785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0749.1998.tb00704.x     Document Type: Article

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