Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 366, Issue 1565, 2011, Pages 709-723

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Buprestidae; Camouflage; Melanin; Multilayer theory; Polarization

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BEETLE; CUTICLE; INTRASPECIFIC INTERACTION; MELANIN; MIMICRY; POLARIZATION; RECOGNITION; REFLECTANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WAVELENGTH;

BUPRESTIDAE;

EID: 79952333140     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0197     Document Type: Article

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