A three-dimensional fluorescence analysis of the wings of male Morpho sulkowskyi and Papilio xuthus butterflies

Zoological Science

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1073-1079

  Kumazawa, Kinya ^a   Tabata, Hiroshi ^a  

^a NISSAN MOTOR CO   (Japan)

Author keywords

3 D fluorescence; Butterfly wing; Classification; M. sulkowskyi; P. xuthus

Indexed keywords

PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 0035511576     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.18.1073     Document Type: Article

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