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Fig. 2 | Zoological Letters

Fig. 2

From: Coloration principles of the Great purple emperor butterfly (Sasakia charonda)

Fig. 2

Electron micrographs of various wing scales. a-c Blue scales. d-f White scales. g-i Orange-yellow scales. j-l Red scales. m-o Brown scales. a-o Dorsal wing scales. p-r Greenish ventral wing scales. Left and middle columns: scanning electron microscopy (p and q left half: from the abwing side; right half: from the adwing side), right-hand column: transmission electron microscopy; scale bars: 20 μm (left column), 2 μm (middle and right columns). The numbers 1–6 in a, d, g, j, m, and p correspond to the numbered areas in Fig. 1b, e

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