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Pterobilin also
called biliverdin IXγ in the
Fischer nomenclature, is a blue bile
pigment found in
Nessaea spp.,
Graphium agamemnon, G. antiphates, G....
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other species of
Nessaea get
their blue
coloration from the
pigment pterobilin.
Pterobilin also
provides blue for
Graphium agamemnon, G. antiphates, G. doson...
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which include butterflies of the
genus Nessaea,
where blue is
created by
pterobilin.
Other blue
pigments of
animal origin include phorcabilin, used by other...
- blue coloration, the blue
colors in this
genus are due to
pigmentation [
pterobilin (biliverdin IXγ)]
rather than
iridescence (e.g.,
Morpho species). Accepted...
- and lines. The blue of the bluish-white
spots consists of the
pigment pterobilin. In general, all
butterflies can
directly absorb heat from the sun via...
- able to come in deep
shades of true blue.[citation needed] Blue
flower Pterobilin - a blue
pigment of
animal origin Harborne,
Jeffrey B (1988). Harborne...
