Diversity of UV Reflection Patterns in Odonata

Molecular basis of wax-based color change and UV reflection in dragonflies

(2019) Ryo Futahashi et al.   eLife

Pterin-pigmented nanospheres create the colours of the polymorphic damselfly Ischnura elegans

(2019) Miriam J. Henze et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Structural coloration predicts the outcome of male contests in the Amazonian damselfly Chalcopteryx scintillans (Odonata: Polythoridae)

(2019) Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira et al.   ARTHROPOD STRUCTURE & DEVELOPMENT

Covert linear polarization signatures from brilliant white two-dimensional disordered wing structures of the phoenix damselfly

(2017) M. R. Nixon et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Odonata (dragonflies and damselflies) as a bridge between ecology and evolutionary genomics

(2016) Seth Bybee et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Opsins have evolved under the permanent heterozygote model: insights from phylotranscriptomics of Odonata

(2016) Anton Suvorov et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Color vision and color formation in dragonflies

(2016) Ryo Futahashi   Current Opinion in Insect Science

Ultraviolet wing signal affects territorial contest outcome in a sexually dimorphic damselfly

(2015) Mingzi Xu et al.   ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

Ultrastructure of dragonfly wing veins: composite structure of fibrous material supplemented by resilin

(2015) Esther Appel et al.   JOURNAL OF ANATOMY

Mechanism of the wing colouration in the dragonfly Zenithoptera lanei (Odonata: Libellulidae) and its role in intraspecific communication

(2015) Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY

Extraordinary diversity of visual opsin genes in dragonflies

(2015) Ryo Futahashi et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reproductive behaviour and the system of signalling inNeurobasis chinensis(Odonata, Calopterygidae) – a kinematic analysis

(2014) André Günther et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ODONATOLOGY

Wrinkles enhance the diffuse reflection from the dragonfly Rhyothemis resplendens

(2014) M. R. Nixon et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Spectral Sensitivities and Color Signals in a Polymorphic Damselfly

(2014) Shao-chang Huang et al.   PLoS One

Do coloured-winged damselflies and dragonflies have flight kinematics different from those with clear wings?

(2013) Dagmar Hilfert-Rüppell et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ODONATOLOGY

The Role of Wing Pigmentation, UV and Fluorescence as Signals in a Neotropical Damselfly

(2013) Rhainer Guillermo-Ferreira et al.   JOURNAL OF INSECT BEHAVIOR

Subtle design changes control the difference in colour reflection from the dorsal and ventral wing-membrane surfaces of the damselfly Matronoides cyaneipennis

(2013) M.R. Nixon et al.   OPTICS EXPRESS

Sexual Dichromatism of the Damselfly Calopteryx japonica Caused by a Melanin-Chitin Multilayer in the Male Wing Veins

(2012) Doekele G. Stavenga et al.   PLoS One

Odonata colour: more than meets the eye?

(2011) Wendy E. Harris et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ODONATOLOGY

Polarized iridescence of the multilayered elytra of the Japanese jewel beetle, Chrysochroa fulgidissima

(2011) D. G. Stavenga et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Effects of cuticle structure and crystalline wax coverage on the coloration in young and old males of Calopteryx splendens and Calopteryx virgo

(2011) Katja Kuitunen et al.   ZOOLOGY

Structural colours create a flashing cue for sexual recognition and male quality in a Neotropical giant damselfly

(2009) Tom D. Schultz et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY