Iridescent beetles - 02

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Summary[edit] Description: Magyar: Fénylő bogarak az Angliában levő Királyi Sebészeti Akadémián. Balról jobbra és fentről le (kivéve a legfelső sort): Sagra splendida, Sagra femorata, Sagra splendida, Sagra superba, Phanaeus demon, meghatározandó, Stephanorrhina guttata, Coryphocera elegans, Schiopsophus jamesii, meghatározandó, Philacteanus rutilans, Sternocera sternicornis, Chrysochroa rajah, Chrysochroa ocellata, meghatározandó, Chrysochroa fulminans, Carabus lafossei, Chrysochroa vittata és Sternocera sternicornis. English: A series of iridescent beetles in the Hunterian Museum at the Royal College of Surgeons of England. These specimens were acquired by Charles Stewart in the 1890s. Some show bright iridescent colours. These result from the refraction of ligh rather than pigments in the tissues. Others are examples of protective colouration and mimicry to camouflage against predators. From left to right and from top to bottom (exception the upper line): Sagra splendida, Sagra femorata, Sagra splendida, Sagra superba, Phanaeus demon, unidentified, Stephanorrhina guttata, Coryphocera elegans, Schiopsophus jamesii, unidentified, Philacteanus rutilans, Sternocera sternicornis, Chrysochroa rajah, Chrysochroa ocellata, unidentified, Chrysochroa fulminans, Carabus lafossei, Chrysochroa vittata és Sternocera sternicornis. Date: 6 May 2017, 15:06:02. Source: kindly granted by the author. Author: Emőke Dénes. Permission(Reusing this file): This file was created by Emőke Dénes and uploaded by DenesFeri. : This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license. :. You are free: to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work to remix – to adapt the work Under the following conditions: attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use. share alike – If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same or compatible license as the original. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 CC BY-SA 4.0 Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 truetrue. : This work is free and may be used by anyone for any purpose. If you wish to use this content, you do not need to request permission as long as you follow any licensing requirements mentioned on this page. Wikimedia Foundation has received an e-mail confirming that the copyright holder has approved publication under the terms mentioned on this page. This correspondence has been reviewed by an OTRS member and stored in our permission archive. The correspondence is available to trusted volunteers as ticket #2017083110036563. If you have questions about the archived correspondence, please use the OTRS noticeboard. Ticket link: https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketNumber=2017083110036563..