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Classical lepidopteran wing scale colouration in the giant butterfly-moth Paysandisia archon

The palm borer moth Paysandisia archon (Castniidae; giant butterfly-moths) has brown dorsal forewings and strikingly orange-coloured dorsal hindwings with white spots surrounded by black margins. Here, we have studied the structure and pigments of the wing scales in the various coloured wing areas,...

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Autores principales: Stavenga, Doekele G., Leertouwer, Hein L., Meglič, Andrej, Drašlar, Kazimir, Wehling, Martin F., Pirih, Primož, Belušič, Gregor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: PeerJ Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5899422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29666756
http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.4590