Anatomically diverse butterfly scales all produce structural colours by coherent scattering

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 748-765

  Prum, Richard O ^a   Quinn, Tim ^b   Torres, Rodolfo H ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Callophrys; Celastrina; Coherent scattering; Fourier analysis; Lepidoptera; Mitoura; Morpho; Papilio; Parides; Parrhasius; Photonics; Structural colours; Troides; Urania

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; LIGHT; OPTICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

CALLOPHRYS; CELASTRINA; LEPIDOPTERA; MITOURA; PAPILIO; PARIDES; TROIDES; URANIA;

EID: 33644951193     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02051     Document Type: Article

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