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Unique wing scale photonics of male Rajah Brooke’s birdwing butterflies

BACKGROUND: Ultrastructures in butterfly wing scales can take many shapes, resulting in the often striking coloration of many butterflies due to interference of light. The plethora of coloration mechanisms is dazzling, but often only single mechanisms are described for specific animals. RESULTS: We...

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Autores principales: Wilts, Bodo D., Giraldo, Marco A., Stavenga, Doekele G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4983073/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27525030
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-016-0168-7