The Origin of the Iridescent Colors in Coleopteran Elytron
The Origin of the Iridescent Colors in Coleopteran Elytron
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2002-09
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T. Hariyama;Y. Takaku;M. Hironaka;H. Horiguchi;Y. Komiya;M. Kurachi
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T. Hariyama;Y. Takaku;M. Hironaka;H. Horiguchi;Y. Komiya;M. Kurachi
The physical mechanisms responsible for the wide variation of metallic color within a single species, Plateumaris sericea, were investigated by the structural observations and the spectral analysis of the reflected light. The surface of elytra consisted of epicuticle and exocuticle, both having high and low refractive index layers. Only the epicuticle had the understandable optical thicknesses of approximately one- quarter of the wavelength of the light. The results of theoretical analysis were compared with the measured spectral reflections.