Wavelength-selective and anisotropic light-diffusing scale on the wing of the Morpho butterfly

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 271, Issue 1539, 2004, Pages 581-587

  Yoshioka, Shinya ^a   Kinoshita, Shuichi ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Butterflies; Diffuser; Interference; Morpho butterfly; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DIFFUSION; WING;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; DIFFUSION; LIGHT; MALE; MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY; MORPHO DIDIUS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

LEPIDOPTERA; MORPHO DIDIUS; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 1642417323     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2003.2618     Document Type: Article

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