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Bálint,Zs.;Horváth,Z.,E.;Kertész,K.;Vértesy,Z.;Bíró,L.,P. |
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Observations on scale structures and spectroscopic properties of
Polyommatus lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) |
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Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici |
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2007 |
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99 |
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StartPage : |
115 |
EndPage : |
127 |
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Abstract : |
The morphology of scale micro- and nanostructures were investigated in three
species of the monophyletic Polyommatus eros species group and in two closely related
outgroup species P. ariana (MOORE, 1865) and P. icarus (DENIS et SCHIFFERMÜLLER, 1775) by
Scanning Electron Microscopy. The optical properties of the blue wing dorsa were studied by
reflection spectroscopy in the ultraviolet-visible range.Wefound ingroup correlations between
nanomorphology of the scales and the spectral position of the reflectivity maxima. The closely
related species of the P. eros group showed qualitatively similar spectra but quantitatively they
revealed characteristic features. The outgroup species P. ariana and P. icarus underlined these
observations as they possessed quantitatively distinct scale nanomorphology and their
reflectivity maxima were clearly different as compared with those of the P. eros group. We
discuss that the optical values of the structural colouration of the species we examined play an
important role in pre-mate signaling, which creates a successive barrier between taxa otherwise
similar in wing pattern and genital structures.We conclude that reflectance measurements may
turn into a cheap and handy tool to probe relationships within a given monophyly, in which
taxa are otherwise uniform when traditional taxonomic characters are studied. With 15 figures. |
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http://www.nanotechnology.hu/reprint/ AnnHistNatMusHun_99_115_Balint_Polyammatus.pdf |
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