Longwing (Heliconius) butterflies combine a restricted set of pigmentary and structural coloration mechanisms

BACKGROUND: Longwing butterflies, Heliconius sp., also called heliconians, are striking examples of diversity and mimicry in butterflies. Heliconians feature strongly colored patterns on their wings, arising from wing scales colored by pigments and/or nanostructures, which serve as an aposematic sig...

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Autores principales: Wilts, Bodo D., Vey, Aidan J. M., Briscoe, Adriana D., Stavenga, Doekele G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5699198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1073-1

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5699198/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29162029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12862-017-1073-1

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