Butterfly and Moth Wings

Akihiro Yoshida is a visiting researcher at the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan. He studied physical chemistry in his undergraduate at Kyoto University. He studied biology in his graduate at Kyushu University, and received PD in molecular mechanism of muscular contraction (1977). From 1979, he served as an assistant professor at Sophia University, where he focused on the development of lepidopteran wings until 1992. Following this, he worked as a senior researcher at JT Biohistory Research Hall, where he investigated various aspects of lepidopteran wings, including morphology, physiology, development, and evolution.

• Chapter 1.Introduction:Morphology and Development of the Wing with Scales,- Chapter 2.Scale Arrangement in the Wing:Scale Rows around the Wing, High Scale Density near the Leading Edge,and a Double Layer of Scales.- Chapter 3.Androconial Scales and the Sex Pheromone of the Pieris Male Wing:Secretory Cells in the Pupal Wing.-Chapter 4.Androconial Scales and the Sex Pheromone of the Danaini Male Wing: Secretory Cells in the Adult Wing.-Chapter 5.Branched Filamentary Scales along the Wing Margin of the Small Moth: Coherent Scale Array in Flight and Compact Scale Bundle at Rest.-Chapter 6.Sensory Bristles and Sensory Scales along the Wing Margin: Morphology, Modality, Arrangement, and Function.-Chapter 7.Highly Transparent Wing without Scales: A Nanosized Protuberance Array Overlaying the Wing Surface.-Chapter 8.Programmed Scale Detachment from the Wing: Formation of the Highly Transparent Wing.-Chapter 9.Concluding Remarks: Wing Structure Involved in Multiple Functions.