Colors and pterin pigmentation of pierid butterfly wings

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1206-1217

  Wijnen, B ^a   Leertouwer, H L ^a   Stavenga, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Animal coloration; Coliadinae; Colotis; Pierinae; Wing reflectance

Indexed keywords

PIGMENT; PTERIN DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COLOR; LIGHT SCATTERING; PIGMENT; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; WING;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; FORELIMB; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PHYLOGENY; PIGMENTATION; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; PTERINS; WING;

ANIMALIA; COLIADINAE; PIERIDAE; PIERINAE; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY);

EID: 35448938363     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2007.06.016     Document Type: Article

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