Color, iridescence, and thermoregulation in Lepidoptera
Applied Optics, Vol. 47, Issue 29, pp. 5235-5241 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.47.005235
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Abstract
This paper examines evidence for the hypothesized connection between solar thermal properties of butterfly and moth (Lepidoptera) wings, iridescence/structural color, and thermoregulation. Specimens of 64 species of Lepidoptera were measured spectrophotometrically, their solar absorptances calculated, and their habitat temperatures determined. No correlation was found between habitat temperature and the solar absorptance of the wings. It was found, however, that the iridescent specimens exhibited, on average, substantially higher solar absorptance than noniridescent ones.
© 2008 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(240.0240) Optics at surfaces : Optics at surfaces
(300.6340) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, infrared
(300.6540) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, ultraviolet
(300.6550) Spectroscopy : Spectroscopy, visible
(350.6050) Other areas of optics : Solar energy
ToC Category:
Spectroscopy
History
Original Manuscript: April 29, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: August 7, 2008
Published: October 1, 2008
Citation
Stephen G. Bosi, Jacqueline Hayes, Maryanne C. J. Large, and Leon Poladian, "Color, iridescence, and thermoregulation in Lepidoptera," Appl. Opt. 47, 5235-5241 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-47-29-5235
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