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Spectral reflectance properties of iridescent pierid butterfly wings

The wings of most pierid butterflies exhibit a main, pigmentary colouration: white, yellow or orange. The males of many species have in restricted areas of the wing upper sides a distinct structural colouration, which is created by stacks of lamellae in the ridges of the wing scales, resulting in ir...

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Autores principales: Wilts, Bodo D., Pirih, Primož, Stavenga, Doekele G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3098971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21344203
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00359-011-0632-y