Tuning of photoreceptor spectral sensitivities by red and yellow pigments in the butterfly Papilio xuthus

Zoological Science

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 17-24

  Arikawa, Kentaro ^a   Scholten, Dick G W ^b   Kinoshita, Michiyo ^a   Stavenga, Doekele G ^b  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE;

EID: 0033410308     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.16.17     Document Type: Article

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