Butterfly wing scales, light micrograph. These scales are from a Melitaea butterfly. This micrograph was obtained using epi illumination. Magnificatio

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Butterfly wing scales, light micrograph. These scales are from a Melitaea butterfly. This micrograph was obtained using epi illumination. Magnification: x100 when printed at 10 centimetres tall.

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Size: 4830px × 7237px
Photo credit: © MAREK MIS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: -, animal, biological, biology, butterfly, entomological, entomology, epi, fauna, illumination, insect, invertebrate, iridescence, iridescent, lepidopteran, lepidoptery, light, lm, melitaea, micrograph, microscope, nature, nympalidae, scale, scales, wildlife, wing, zoological, zoology