Structural Variations in Wing Patterning of Seasonal Polyphenic Melanitis leda (Satyrinae) - Microscopy Research

MR > Vol.4 No.4, October 2016

Microscopy Research

Volume 4, Issue 4 (October 2016)

ISSN Print: 2329-3306 ISSN Online: 2329-3314

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Structural Variations in Wing Patterning of Seasonal Polyphenic Melanitis leda (Satyrinae) ()

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DOI: 10.4236/mr.2016.44006 1,925 Downloads 3,294 Views Citations

Author(s)

Eram Sultan, Debabrat Sabat, Binod Bihari Sahu, Monalisa Mishra^*

Affiliation(s)

Department of Life Science, National Institute of Technology-Rourkela, Rourkela, India.

ABSTRACT

Seasonal polyphenism is a common phenomenon observed among members of the Lepidopteran subfamily Satyrinae. Melanitis leda, being a member of that subfamily, exhibits seasonal variation in terms of wing patterning. In butterflies, wing patterning is due to the nanostructural architecture of the scales, which reflects and refracts incident light, with or without the combination of pigments. The current scanning electron, fluorescence and optical microscope study divulge fine structural and signal changes that occur with different season in the scales of M. leda and give rise to the different wing pattern in butterfly. The structural and consequent signal changes are likely to be correlated with behavioural processes such as mate selection and escape from predation.

KEYWORDS

Melanitis leda, Wing Coloration, Polyphenism, Scales

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Sultan, E. , Sabat, D. , Sahu, B. and Mishra, M. (2016) Structural Variations in Wing Patterning of Seasonal Polyphenic Melanitis leda (Satyrinae). Microscopy Research, 4, 47-54. doi: 10.4236/mr.2016.44006.

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