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Microstructures and nanostructures of high Andean Penaincisalia lycaenid butterfly scales (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae): descriptions and interpretations

Zsolt Bálint Department of Zoology, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest, Hungary
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Zofia Vértesy Nanotechnology Department, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary
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László P. Biró Nanotechnology Department, Research Institute for Technical Physics and Materials, Hungarian Academy of Science, Budapest, Hungary
Pages 2935-2952 | Accepted 10 Apr 2005, Published online: 19 Aug 2006

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Tomasz W. Pyrcz, Rafał Garlacz, Krisztián Kertész, László Péter Biró & Zsolt Bálint. (2018) An imperfect imago? Post-mating loss of iridescent scales in Cheimas butterflies may change female from attractive to cryptic (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Journal of Natural History 52:19-20, pages 1333-1350.
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Zsolt Bálint, Pierre Boyer, Krisztián Kertész & LászlóP. Biró. (2008) Observations on the spectral reflectances of certain high Andean Penaincisalia and Thecloxurina, with the description of a new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). Journal of Natural History 42:25-26, pages 1793-1804.
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Zsolt Bálint, Szabolcs Sáfián, Adrian Hoskins, Krisztián Kertész, Antal Adolf Koós, Zsolt Endre Horváth, Gábor Piszter & László Péter Biró. (2018) The Only Blue Mimeresia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Lipteninae) Uses a Color-Generating Mechanism Widely Applied by Butterflies. Journal of Insect Science 18:3.
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Zsolt Bálint, Krisztián Kertész, Gábor Piszter, Zofia Vértesy & László P. Biró. (2012) The well-tuned blues: the role of structural colours as optical signals in the species recognition of a local butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae). Journal of The Royal Society Interface 9:73, pages 1745-1756.
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S. Wickham, L. Poladian, M.C.J. Large & P. Vukusic. 2012. Optical Biomimetics. Optical Biomimetics 147 176e .
Pablo Perez Goodwyn, Yasunori Maezono, Naoe Hosoda & Kenji Fujisaki. (2009) Waterproof and translucent wings at the same time: problems and solutions in butterflies. Naturwissenschaften 96:7, pages 781-787.
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Andrew R Parker. (2009) Natural photonics for industrial inspiration. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences 367:1894, pages 1759-1782.
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Abigail L. Ingram. 2009. Functional Surfaces in Biology. Functional Surfaces in Biology 307 336 .
Abigail L Ingram, Virginie Lousse, Andrew R Parker & Jean Pol Vigneron. (2008) Dual gratings interspersed on a single butterfly scale. Journal of The Royal Society Interface 5:28, pages 1387-1390.
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A.L Ingram & A.R Parker. (2008) A review of the diversity and evolution of photonic structures in butterflies, incorporating the work of John Huxley (The Natural History Museum, London from 1961 to 1990). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 363:1502, pages 2465-2480.
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Krisztián Kertész, Zsolt Bálint, Zofia Vértesy, Géza I. Márk, Virginie Lousse, Jean Pol Vigneron, Marie Rassart & László P. Biró. (2006) Gleaming and dull surface textures from photonic-crystal-type nanostructures in the butterfly Cyanophrys remus . Physical Review E 74:2.
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