Characterization of structural and pigmentary colors in common emigrant (Catopsilia Pomona) butterfly

AIP Conference Proceedings

Volumn 1391, Issue , 2011, Pages 731-733

  Ghate, Ekata ^a   Kulkarni, G R ^a   Bhoraskar, S V ^a   Adhi, K P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

Author keywords

butterfly wings; Pigmentary colors; Structural colors

Indexed keywords

EID: 81855195993     PISSN: 0094243X     EISSN: 15517616     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3643663     Document Type: Conference Paper

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