Imaging scatterometry and microspectrophotometry of lycaenid butterfly wing scales with perforated multilayers

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 6, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Wilts, Bodo D ^a   Leertouwer, Hein L ^a   Stavenga, Doekele G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Perforation factor; Reflectance spectra; Spatial scattering profile; Structural colour

Indexed keywords

METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; REFLECTION; SCATTERING;

BUTTERFLY SPECIES; BUTTERFLY WINGS; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETER; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PERFORATION FACTOR; REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCATTEROMETER; SCATTEROMETRY; SPATIAL SCATTERING; SPATIAL SCATTERING PROFILE; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCES; STRUCTURAL COLOUR;

MULTILAYERS;

ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CALCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FORELIMB; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; LIGHT REFRACTION; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THEORY; ANIMAL; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION SCATTERING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

LYCAENIDAE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; LIGHT; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WING;

EID: 65349130003     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2008.0299.focus     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Biró, L. P., Kertész, K., Vértesy, Z., Márk, G. I., Bálint, Z., Lousse, V. & Vigneron, J.-P. 2007 Living photonic crystals: butterfly scales - nanostructure and optical properties. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 27, 941-946. (doi:10.1016/j.msec.2006.09.043)
2. Ghiradella, H. 1989 Structure and development of iridescent butterfly scales: lattices and laminae. J. Morphol. 202, 69-88. (doi:10.1002/jmor. 1052020106)
3. Ghiradella, H. 1998 Hairs, bristles, and scales. In Microscopic anatomy of invertebrates (ed. M. Locke). Insecta, vol.11A, pp. 257-287. New York, NY: Wiley-Liss.
4. Giraldo, M. A., Yoshioka, S. & Stavenga, D. G. 2008 Far field scattering pattern of differently structured butterfly scales. J. Comp. Physiol. A 194, 201-207. (doi:10.1007/s00359-007-0297-8)
5. Ingram, A. L. & Parker, A. R. 2008 A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990). Phil. Trans. R. Soc. B 363, 2465-2480. (doi:10.1098/rstb.2007.2258)
6. Kertész, K., Bálint, Z., Vértesy, Z., Márk, G. I., Lousse, V., Vigneron, J.-P., Rassart, M. & Biró, L. P. 2006 Gleaming and dull surface textures from photonic-crystal-type nanostructures in the butterfly Cyanophrys remus. Phys. Rev. E 74, 021 922. (doi:10.1103/PhysRevE. 74.021922)
7. Kinoshita, S., Yoshioka, S. & Miyazaki, J. 2008 Physics of structural colors. Rep. Prog. Phys. 71, 076 401. (doi:10.1088/0034-4885/71/7/076401)
8. Korshunov, Y. & Gorbunov, P. 1995 Butterflies of the Asian Russia (transl. http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/korgor/lycaen1.htm). Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation: Ural State University Press.
9. Land, M. F. 1972 The physics and biology of animal reflectors. Progr. Biophys. 24, 77-105. (doi:10.1016/0079-6107(72)90004-1)
10. Lippert, W. & Gentil, K. 1959 Ü ber lamellare Feinstrukturen bei den Schillerschuppen der Schmetterlinge vom Urania- und Morpho-Typ. Z. Morph. Ö kol. Tiere 48, 115-122. (doi:10.1007/BF00407836)
11. Macleod, H. A. 1986 Thin-film optical filters. Bristol, UK: Adam Hilger.
12. Mason, C. W. 1926 Structural colors in insects. 1. J. Phys. Chem. 30, 383-395. (doi:10.1021/j150261a009)
13. Mason, C. W. 1927 Structural colors in insects. 2. J. Phys. Chem. 31, 321-354. (doi:10.1021/j150273a001)
14. Michielsen, K. & Stavenga, D. G. 2008 Gyroid cuticular structures in butterfly wing scales: biological photonic crystals. J. R. Soc. Interface 5, 85-94. (doi:10.1098/rsif.2007.1065)
15. Morris, R. B. 1975 Iridescence from diffraction structures in the wing scales of Callophrys rubi, the Green Hairstreak. J. Entomol. (A) 49, 149-154.
16. Nijhout, H. F. 1991 The development and evolution of butterfly wing patterns. Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press.
17. Schmidt, K. & Paulus, H. 1970 Die Feinstruktur der Flügelschuppen einiger Lycaeniden (Insecta Lepidoptera). Z. Morph. Tiere 66, 224-241. (doi:10.1007/BF00280735)
18. Stavenga, D. G., Giraldo, M. A. & Hoenders, B. J. 2006 Reflectance and transmittance of light scattering scales stacked on the wings of pierid butterflies. Opt. Express 14, 4880-4890. (doi:10.1364/OE.14.004880)
19. Tilley, R. J. D. & Eliot, J. N. 2002 Scale microstructure and its phylogenetic implications in lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Trans. Lepid. Soc. Jpn 53, 153-180.
20. Vigneron, J. P., Lousse, V., Biró, L. P., Vértesy, Z. & Bálint, Z. 2005 Reflectance of topologically disordered photonic-crystal films. In Photonic crystal materials and devices III, vol.5733 (eds A. Adibi, S.-Y. Lin & A. Scherer). Proc. SPIE, pp. 308-315. Bellingham, WA: SPIE. (Pubitemid 40953244)
21. Vukusic, P. & Sambles, J. R. 2003 Photonic structures in biology. Nature 424, 852-855. (doi:10.1038/nature01941) (Pubitemid 37021720)
22. Vukusic, P., Sambles, J. R., Lawrence, C. R. & Wootton, R. J. 1999 Quantified interference and diffraction in single Morpho butterfly scales. Proc. R. Soc. B 266, 1403-1411. (doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0794)
23. Yeh, P. 2005 Optical waves in layered media. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Interscience.