Coloration principles of nymphaline butterflies - Thin films, melanin, ommochromes and wing scale stacking

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 217, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 2171-2180

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

3 OH kynurenine; Pigmentary coloration; Scattering; Structural coloration; Xanthommatin

Indexed keywords

MELANIN; OMMOCHROME; PHENOTHIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BUTTERFLY; FORELIMB; METABOLISM; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHYSIOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; RADIATION SCATTERING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; MELANINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PHENOTHIAZINES; PIGMENTATION; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WING;

EID: 84906307633     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.098673     Document Type: Article

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