Microstructures and nanostructures of high Andean Penaincisalia lycaenid butterfly scales (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): Descriptions and interpretations

Journal of Natural History

Volumn 39, Issue 31, 2005, Pages 2935-2952

  Bálint, Zsolt ^a   Vértesy, Zofia ^b   Biró, László P ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Andes; Discoloration; Eumaeini; Irregularity; Lycaenidae; Monomorphy; Penaincisalia; Scale microstructure; Scale nanostructure; South America; Sympatric speciation; Thecloxurina; Thermal regulation

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; MORPHOLOGY; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY); THERMOREGULATION;

EUMAEINI; LEPIDOPTERA; LYCAENIDAE; URANIA;

EID: 25444510809     PISSN: 00222933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00222930500140629     Document Type: Article

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