Measuring and Modelling Structural Colours of <i>Euphaedra neophron</i> (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Finely Tuned by Wing Scale Lower Lamina in Various Subspecies

Measuring and Modelling Structural Colours of <i>Euphaedra neophron</i> (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) Finely Tuned by Wing Scale Lower Lamina in Various Subspecies

The nymphalid butterfly <i>Euphaedra neophron</i> (Hopffer, 1855) is the only structurally coloured species representing the genus along the Indian Ocean coast in East Africa and Southern Africa, with a distribution from southern Somalia to the Kwa-Zulu-Natal region of South Africa. The...

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Main Authors: Zsolt Bálint, Gergely Katona, Szabolcs Sáfián, Steve Collins, Gábor Piszter, Krisztián Kertész, László Péter Biró
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-03-01
Series:Insects
Subjects:
Adoliadini
Africa
biogeography
cline
reflectance spectrum
subspecies
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/14/3/303

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