Wide-gamut structural colours on oakblue butterflies by naturally tuned photonic nanoarchitectures

The iridescent structural colours of butterflies, generated by photonic nanoarchitectures, often function as species-specific sexual signals; therefore, they are reproduced precisely from generation to generation. The wing scales of oakblue hairstreak butterflies (genus Arhopala, Theclinae, Lycaenid...

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Published in:	Royal Society Open Science
Main Authors:	Gábor Piszter, Krisztián Kertész, Zsolt Bálint, László Péter Biró
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	The Royal Society 2023-04-01
Subjects:	structural colour photonic nanostructure Arhopala butterfly optical spectroscopy electron microscopy
Online Access:	https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.221487