ArticleiScience2026
Ridge and crossrib height of butterfly wing scales is a toolbox for structural color diversity.
Article in iScience, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Hot temperature during development alters iridescence inPNAS nexus · 2026Article
- Silicon rich nitride: a platform for controllable structural colors.Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Butterfly wing vivid colors arise from light reflecting off cuticular scales, whose architecture consists of longitudinal ridges and transverse crossribs connected to a lower lamina by trabeculae. While the lower lamina's reflective properties are known in simpler scales, the upper surface's optical characteristics have only been thoroughly investigated in the case of modified ridges. This study examines how the lower lamina and the upper surface contribute to hue, brightness, and saturation across species. In
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