Colour formation on the wings of the butterfly Hypolimnas salmacis by scale stacking

The butterfly genus Hypolimnas features iridescent blue colouration in some areas of its dorsal wings. Here, we analyse the mechanisms responsible for such colouration on the dorsal wings of Hypolimnas salmacis and experimentally demonstrate that the lower thin lamina in the white cover scales cause...

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Autores principales: Siddique, Radwanul Hasan, Vignolini, Silvia, Bartels, Carolin, Wacker, Irene, Hölscher, Hendrik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27805005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36204

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5090330/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27805005
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep36204

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