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Analysis of color shift on butterfly wings by Fourier transform of images from atomic force microscopy.

Pavel KasparDinara S SobolaPetr SedlákVladimír HolcmanLubomír Grmela
Published in: Microscopy research and technique (2019)
Butterfly wings have complex structure lending it several interesting properties. Coloration of the wing is one of the first things to encounter and the overall visual effect is in fact influenced by several factors. Chemical pigments set the base color of the wing, topographical structures on the wing scales cause color shift by interference and their arrangement into diffraction grating causes iridescence. The thin film interference can be attributed to microscopic ridges covering wing scales. Observation and calculation of the color shift on wings of Euploea mulciber species using Fourier transform of images obtained by atomic force microscopy is the focus of this article.
Keyphrases
  • atomic force microscopy
  • high speed
  • single molecule
  • deep learning
  • convolutional neural network
  • optical coherence tomography
  • high resolution
  • genetic diversity