Pterin pigments amplify iridescent ultraviolet signal in males of the orange sulphur butterfly, Colias eurytheme

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 272, Issue 1578, 2005, Pages 2329-2335

  Rutowski, R L ^a   Macedonia, J M ^a   Morehouse, N ^a   Taylor Taft, L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colias; Colour signal; Pterin pigments; Structural colour; Thin film iridescence; Ultraviolet

Indexed keywords

PTERIN;

BUTTERFLY; COLOR; REFLECTANCE; SIGNALING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALIA; COLIAS; COLIAS EURYTHEME;

EID: 27244449193     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2005.3216     Document Type: Article

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