Research
The iridescent green scaling on the wings of the Kaiser-i-hind are the subject of much research. The three-dimensional photonic structure has been examined by transmission electron tomography and computer modelling to reveal naturally occurring "chiral tetrahedral repeating units packed in a triclinic lattice" (Argyros etal 2001), the cause of the iridescence.
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