Insects have an amazing variety of colors and patterns. It should be noted that pigments
and/or genes involved in body color formation are markedly different between insects and …

Highlights•Examples of pigments and waxes associated with coloration in Odonata are
reviewed.•Genes involved in the biosynthesis pathway of three major pigments in Odonata …

The large and diverse P450 (CYP) superfamily encodes enzymes with a wide spectrum of
monooxygenase and related activities. Insect P450 enzymes of the CYP4G subfamily are …

Insects comprise over half of the described species, and the acquisition of metamorphosis
must have contributed to their diversity and prosperity. The order Odonata (dragonflies and …

Maintaining water balance is a universal challenge for organisms living in terrestrial
environments, especially for insects, which have essential roles in our ecosystem. Although …

Adult odonates (dragonflies and damselflies) exhibit a great diversity of colors which vary
remarkably between species, between individuals within species, and throughout the …

Odonata is an order of insects that comprises~ 6500 species. They are among the earliest
flying insects, and one of the first diverging lineages in the Pterygota. Odonate evolution has …

One of the drivers of life's diversification has been the emergence of “evolutionary
innovations”: The evolution of traits that grant access to underused ecological niches. Since …

The wings of butterflies and moths (Lepidoptera) are typically covered with thousands of flat,
overlapping scales that endow the wings with colorful patterns. Yet, numerous species of …

Imperfect mimicry may be maintained when the various components of an aposematic signal
have different salience for predators. Experimental laboratory studies provide robust …