Marisia - Maros Megyei Múzeum Évkönyve 35/2. (2015)

Zoology

The message beyond the forms and colours of the tropical butterflies

Fig. 4: Scales and hairs which define an area free of scales of a nocturnal butterfly (Photo Roxana Cosma)

Fig. 5: Papilio dardanus is a butterfly which can be seen on the african continent (Photo Petru-Vasile Istrate)

Fig. 6: Papilio ulysses presents camouflage colors on the Fig. 7: Morpho achilles amazonicus,

ventral side of the wings (Photo Petru-Vasile Istrate) the intense color of the male attracts

females (Photo Petru-Vasile Istrate)

Fig. 8: Morpho anaxibia, coloration with metallic iridescent wings (Photo Petru-Vasile Istrate)

Fig. 9: Morpho aega, the intense blue color of the male (Photo Petru-Vasile Istrate)

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