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THE change of colour observed by E. V. F. (NATURE, No. 55) in the red parts of the wing of a butterfly by the application of muriatic acid, is in all probability due to the red colouring containing a trace of copper in its composition. I have demonstrated the almost universal presence of that metal in the sea, in the earth, in fish, in flesh, in vegetables.
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PIESSE, S. The Colour of Feathers and of Butterflies' Wings. Nature 3, 127 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/003127b0
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