简介：QuestionsconcerningthefunctionalroleofthehollowregionofthebutterflyPyrameisatalanta(L.)scaleareexperimentallyinvestigated.Attentionwasinitiallydirectedtothisproblembyobservationofthecomplexmicrostructureofthebutterflyscaleaswellasotherstudiesindicatinghigherliftonbutterflywingscoveredwithscale.Theaerodynamicforcesweremeasuredfortwooscillatingscalemodels.ResultsindicatedthattheaircavityofanoscillatingmodelofthePyrameisatalanta(L.)scaleincreasedtheliftbyafactorof1.15andreducedthedampingcoefficientsbyafactorof1.38.Themodificationoftheaerodynamiceffectsonthemodelofbutterflyscalewasduetoanincreaseofthevirtualairmass,whichinfluencedthebody.Thehollowregionofthescaleincreasedthevirtualairmassbyafactorof1.2.Thevirtualmassofthebutterflyscalewiththehollowregionwasrepresentedasthesumofairmassoftwoimaginarygeometricalfigures:acircularcylinderaroundthescaleandaright-angledparallelepipedwithinthehollowregion.TheinteractionmechanismofthebutterflyPyrameisatalanta(L.)scalewithaflowwasdescribed.Thisnovelinteractionmechanismexplainedmostgeometricalfeaturesoftheairpermeablebutterflyscale(invertedV-profileoftheridges,nozzleofthetipedge,hollowregion,andopeningsoftheupperlamina)andtheirarrangement.