Wild and Bred Butterfly Wings (IMAGE)

University of California - Berkeley

Wild and Bred Butterfly Wings

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The wing of a typical Common Buckeye (right) and a butterfly bred to enhance the iridescent blue (left). The breeding thickened the chitin lamina of wing scales, changing the structural color of the scales from gold to blue.

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Aaron Pomerantz

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