Colour vision in diurnal and nocturnal hawkmoths

Integrative and Comparative Biology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 571-579

  Kelber, Almut ^a   Balkenius, Anna ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APIS MELLIFERA; HYLES GALLII; HYLES LINEATA; LEPIDOPTERA; SPHINGIDAE;

EID: 1542646966     PISSN: 15407063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icb/43.4.571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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