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Fig. 3

From: Longwing (Heliconius) butterflies combine a restricted set of pigmentary and structural coloration mechanisms

Fig. 3

Optical characteristics of the structural colored scales of H. telesiphe (a-d) and H. sara (e-h). a, e Scanning electron micrographs of a scale from the white area of H. telesiphe and a scale from the blue wing area of H. sara (scale bars: 2 μm). b-g Imaging scatterograms of the abwing (upper) (b, f) and adwing (lower) (c, g) sides. d, h Reflectance spectra from both sides of the wing scale

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