...Doekele G. Stavenga ABSTRACT The dorsal wings of the mother-of-pearl butterfly, Protogoniomorpha parhassus , display an angle-dependent pink, structural color. This effect is created by light interference in the lower lamina of the wing scales, which acts as an optical thin film. The scales feature...

...M. A. Giraldo; S. Yoshioka; C. Liu; D. G. Stavenga ABSTRACT Morpho butterflies are universally admired for their iridescent blue coloration, which is due to nanostructured wing scales. We performed a comparative study on the coloration of 16 Morpho species, investigating the morphological, spectral...