Elements of butterfly wing patterns
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Nijhout, H.F.
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Article
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2001
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract The color patterns on the wings of butterflies are unique among animal color patterns in that the elements that make up the overall pattern are individuated. Unlike the spots and stripes of vertebrate color patterns, the elements of butterfly wing patterns have identities that can be tr