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Coloration principles of the Great purple emperor butterfly (Sasakia charonda)

The dorsal wings of male Sasakia charonda butterflies display a striking blue iridescent coloration, which is accentuated by white, orange-yellow and red spots, as well as by brown margins. The ventral wings also have a variegated, but more subdued, pattern. We investigated the optical basis of the...

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Autores principales: Stavenga, Doekele G., Leertouwer, Hein L., Arikawa, Kentaro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7664033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33292721
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-020-00164-6