The Pigments of Butterflies' Wings

1 January 1926

journal article
research article
Published by Portland Press Ltd. in Biochemical Journal

Vol. 20 (1) , 73-75
https://doi.org/10.1042/bj0200073

Abstract

A small quantity of a yellow crystalline pigment has been isolated from the wings of Melanargia galatea, the marbled white butterfly. It gave a melting point of 253[degree] and molecular weight (by Rast''s method) of roughly 313, and showed all the properties of a flavone or fiavonol. Melanin and traces of lipochromes are also present in these wings.

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