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.
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Butterfly and Moth Wings
Akihiro Yoshida
This book explores the various functions of butterfly and moth wings. Lepidoptera wings are covered with variously colored scales and exhibit a wide variety of color patterns, with some functioning as significant signals in behavior. They are also the flight organs, as the wings of the other insects are. Although research on Lepidopteran wings has predominantly focused on the color patterns and flight performance, they have many other functions that...
