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JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY, 81 (2015) 129-136. doi:10.1016/j.jinsphys.2015.07.010 Mechanism of the wing colouration in the dragonfly Zenithoptera lanei (Odonata: Libellulidae) and its role in intraspecific communication 1 1 Introduction 1 2 Material and methods 2 2.1 Study species 2 2.2 General methodology 2 2.2.1 Measurements of reflectance and transmittance spectra 2 2.2.2 Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) 2 2.2.3 Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) 2 2.3 Epicuticular wax 2 2.4 Wax removal 3 2.5 Wax crystals morphology and its effect on colouration 3 2.6 Multilayer interference 4 2.7 The role of the blue colouration in territorial behaviour 4 3 Results 4 3.1 Epicuticular wax 4 3.2 Reflection and transmission spectra with/without wax layer 4 3.3 Wax crystal morphology and its effect on wing colouration 4 3.4 Multi-layer interference 4 3.5 The angle dependency of the dorsal colouration and the scattering effect of epicuticular wax coverage 5 3.6 The role of the blue colouration in territorial behaviour 5 4 Discussion 6 5 Conclusions 7 Acknowledgements 8 Appendix A Supplementary data 8 References 8 Colour,Optics,Iridescence,Territorial behaviour,Cuticle,Ultrastructure

Author

Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira,Pitágoras C. Bispo,Esther Appel,Alexander Kovalev,Stanislav N. Gorb

Publisher

Elsevier Ltd