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Pteridine Components of Wing Pigmentation in the Butterfly Colias eurytheme

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PTERIDINE pigments were first described by Hopkins1 from the wings of pierid butterflies, and the first chemical characterization of several pteridines from this source was performed by Wieland, Schöpf, Purrman and their associates, as reviewed by Gates2. Relatively little attention has been directed to pierid pteridines since, though Weygand and his associates have recently examined some aspects of pteridine biosynthesis in Pieris brassicae Linné3.

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WATT, W. Pteridine Components of Wing Pigmentation in the Butterfly Colias eurytheme. Nature 201, 1326–1327 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1038/2011326b0

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