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From: Quantifying the refractive index dispersion of a pigmented biological tissue using Jamin–Lebedeff interference microscopy

Figure 2

The American Rubyspot, Hetaerina americana. (a) Photograph (by Scott Olmstead) of a resting damselfly, showing the prominently red-pigmented wings. (b) A single wing, showing a meshwork of veins (bar=5 mm). (c) A small section of the red-pigmented wing part, showing that both the veins and the membrane in between are pigmented (bar=0.1 mm).

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