papiliochrome
English
editEtymology
editFrom papilionid + -chrome.
Noun
editpapiliochrome (countable and uncountable, plural papiliochromes)
- (organic chemistry) Any of a group of yellow pigments found in the wings of papilionid butterflies
- 2015 December 23, “Comparative Transcriptome Analysis of the Pacific Oyster Crassostrea gigas Characterized by Shell Colors: Identification of Genetic Bases Potentially Involved in Pigmentation”, in PLOS ONE[1], :
- Much of the pigment-based coloration in invertebrates results from products of the melanin, ommochrome, pteridine, papiliochrome and heme synthesis pathways.