Butterflies create iridescent colors - Earth.com

Butterflies create iridescent colors

05-18-2020


Today’s Video of the Day from the National Science Foundation (NSF) describes butterflies that project iridescent colors like those created by soap bubbles. 

In a new study led by UC Berkeley and the Marine Biological Laboratory, researchers found that Buckeye butterflies and other Junonia species can produce a rainbow of colors by changing the thickness of the bottom layer of the wing scale. 

By Chrissy Sexton, Earth.com Staff Writer

Video Credit: NSF

 

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