Ridge and crossrib height of butterfly wing scales is a toolbox for structural color diversity
Cédric Finet, Qifeng Ruan, Yi Yang Bei, Vinodkumar Saranathan, Antónia Monteiro
This study shows that ridge and crossrib height in butterfly wing scales influence structural color diversity and introduces a geometrical model to predict color.
iScience · Mar 16, 2026Peer-reviewedEvolutionary Biology