The wing scales of the mother-of-pearl butterfly, Protogoniomorpha parhassus, are thin film reflectors causing strong iridescence and polarization.
Color vision
Polarization vision
Reflectance spectrum
Structural coloration
Wing scales
Journal
The Journal of experimental biology
ISSN: 1477-9145
Titre abrégé: J Exp Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0243705
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
01 08 2021
01 08 2021
Historique:
received:
06
06
2021
accepted:
16
07
2021
pubmed:
23
7
2021
medline:
15
10
2021
entrez:
22
7
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
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 extremely large windows that enhance the scale reflectance, because the upper lamina of ridges and cross-ribs is very sparse. Characteristic for thin film reflectors, the spectral shape of the reflected light strongly depends on the angle of light incidence, shifting from pink to yellow when changing the angles of illumination and observation from normal to skew, and also the degree of polarization strongly varies. The simultaneous spectral and polarization changes serve a possibly widespread, highly effective system among butterflies for intraspecific communication during flight.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34291802
pii: 271006
doi: 10.1242/jeb.242983
pmc: PMC8353264
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Nacre
0
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2021. Published by The Company of Biologists Ltd.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Competing interests The author declares no competing or financial interests.
Références
Front Physiol. 2020 Feb 11;11:95
pubmed: 32116798
J Exp Biol. 2007 Mar;210(Pt 5):788-99
pubmed: 17297139
Genetics. 2017 Apr;205(4):1537-1550
pubmed: 28193726
Pigment Cell Res. 1993 Mar;6(2):85-90
pubmed: 8321868
Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2011 Mar 12;366(1565):709-23
pubmed: 21282175
Opt Express. 2009 Jan 5;17(1):193-202
pubmed: 19129888
J Exp Biol. 2021 Apr 1;224(7):
pubmed: 33602676
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2014 Jun;200(6):547-61
pubmed: 24715265
Opt Express. 2011 Nov 21;19(24):24061-6
pubmed: 22109431
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2010 Nov;196(11):869-78
pubmed: 20725729
Nat Commun. 2016 Jul 12;7:12140
pubmed: 27401817
Opt Express. 2012 Apr 9;20(8):8877-90
pubmed: 22513598
Sci Rep. 2016 Nov 02;6:36204
pubmed: 27805005
J Exp Biol. 2014 Jun 15;217(Pt 12):2171-80
pubmed: 24675561
J Exp Biol. 2016 Dec 15;219(Pt 24):3844-3856
pubmed: 27974532
J Exp Biol. 2016 Dec 15;219(Pt 24):3936-3944
pubmed: 27974535
R Soc Open Sci. 2017 Nov 8;4(11):170735
pubmed: 29291065
Vision Res. 1977;17(9):1019-28
pubmed: 595410
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2014 Jun;200(6):513-26
pubmed: 24722674
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1993 May 1;90(9):4132-5
pubmed: 11607379
J Exp Biol. 2019 Feb 7;222(Pt 3):
pubmed: 30733259
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014 Aug 19;111(33):12109-14
pubmed: 25092295
Vis Neurosci. 2000 Jul-Aug;17(4):509-28
pubmed: 11016572
Zoological Lett. 2015 Apr 24;1:14
pubmed: 26605059
Elife. 2020 Apr 07;9:
pubmed: 32254023
J Comp Physiol A Neuroethol Sens Neural Behav Physiol. 2016 May;202(5):381-8
pubmed: 27072662
J Exp Biol. 2001 Jul;204(Pt 14):2469-80
pubmed: 11511662
PeerJ. 2018 Apr 11;6:e4590
pubmed: 29666756
J Exp Biol. 2010 May;213(Pt 10):1731-9
pubmed: 20435824
BMC Evol Biol. 2017 Nov 21;17(1):226
pubmed: 29162029
Naturwissenschaften. 2012 May;99(5):407-16
pubmed: 22580753
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019 Oct 22;116(43):21843-21853
pubmed: 31591223
Nature. 2003 May 1;423(6935):31-2
pubmed: 12721616
J Morphol. 1989 Oct;202(1):69-88
pubmed: 29865680