Sexual dichroism and pigment localization in the wing scales of Pieris rapae butterflies

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 274, Issue 1606, 2007, Pages 97-102

  Giraldo, M A ^a   Stavenga, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Pterin pigments; Scattering; Small white; Structural colour; Wing reflectance

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; PTERIN; PTERIN DERIVATIVE;

BUTTERFLY; COLOR MORPH; PIGMENT; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; SUBSPECIES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR; FEMALE; FORELIMB; MALE; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PIERIS RAPAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; FEMALE; MALE; PTERINS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 33847759875     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3708     Document Type: Article

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