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Title: | High angular and spectral selectivity of purple emperor (Lepidoptera: Apatura iris and A. ilia) butterfly wings | Authors: | Pantelić, Dejan Ćurčić, Srećko Savic-Šević, Svetlana Korać, Aleksandra Kovačević, Aleksander Ćurčić, Božidar Bokić, Bojana |
Issue Date: | 28-Mar-2011 | Project: | White or/and brown: importance of adipose tissue in overall redox dependent metabolic control in physiological adaptations and metabolic disorders Ontogenetic characterization of phylogenetic biodiversity Fabrication and characterization of nano-photonic functional structrues in biomedicine and informatics |
Journal: | Optics Express | Abstract: | The iridescent features of the butterfly species Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) and A. ilia (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) were studied. We recognized the structural color of scales only on the dorsal side of both the fore and hind wings of males of both of the aforementioned butterfly species. The scale dimensions and microstructure were analyzed by a scanning electron microscope (SEM) and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The optical properties were measured and it was found that the peak reflectivity is around 380 nm, with a spectral width (full width at half maximum) of approximately 50 nm in both species. The angular selectivity is high and a purple iridescent color is observed within the angular range of only 18 degrees in both species. © 2011 Optical Society of America. |
URI: | https://biore.bio.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1177 | DOI: | 10.1364/OE.19.005817 |
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