Spectral reflectance properties of iridescent pierid butterfly wings

Journal of Comparative Physiology A: Neuroethology, Sensory, Neural, and Behavioral Physiology

Volumn 197, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 693-702

  Wilts, Bodo D ^a   Pirih, P ^a   Stavenga, Doekele G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Iridescence; Multilayers; Pieridae; Pterins; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; FORELIMB; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PIGMENTATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WING;

EID: 79957449839     PISSN: 03407594     EISSN: 14321351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00359-011-0632-y     Document Type: Article

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