Most insect colors, derived from pigments, appear in reflected light due to selective absorption of the incident light, depending on the pigment’s chemical structure and molecular environment. This chapter addresses these features of pigment as well as the physiological aspects of pigmentation, and its origin in the context of evolution (Fig. 8.1).

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Pigments

  • Serge Berthier,
  • Bernd Schöllhorn

摘要

Most insect colors, derived from pigments, appear in reflected light due to selective absorption of the incident light, depending on the pigment’s chemical structure and molecular environment. This chapter addresses these features of pigment as well as the physiological aspects of pigmentation, and its origin in the context of evolution (Fig. 8.1).