Photonic structure in the wings of Papilio bianor ganesa

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 23, 2007, Pages 3183-3188

  Qin, YouHua ^a   Liu, Feng ^a   Yin, HaiWei ^a   Wang, YuLan ^a   Liu, XiaoHan ^a   Zhao, Li ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Interference; Multilayer; Papilio butterfly; Scale; Structural color

Indexed keywords

GANESA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO BIANOR;

EID: 36849089071     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0412-9     Document Type: Article

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