Bosi Stephen G, Hayes Jacqueline, Large Maryanne C J, Poladian Leon
Optical Fibre Technology Centre, Australian Technology Park, Eveleigh NSW 1430, Australia.
Appl Opt. 2008 Oct 10;47(29):5235-41. doi: 10.1364/ao.47.005235.
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.
本文研究了蝴蝶和飞蛾（鳞翅目）翅膀的太阳热特性、虹彩/结构色与体温调节之间假设联系的证据。对64种鳞翅目昆虫的标本进行了分光光度测量，计算了它们的太阳吸收率，并测定了它们的栖息地温度。未发现栖息地温度与翅膀的太阳吸收率之间存在相关性。然而，发现虹彩标本的平均太阳吸收率明显高于非虹彩标本。
