The eyes of a patrolling butterfly: Visual field and eye structure in the Orange Sulphur, Colias eurytheme (Lepidoptera, Pieridae)

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 240-248

  Merry, Justin W ^a   Morehouse, Nathan I ^a   Yturralde, Kasey ^a   Rutowski, Ronald L ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Allometry; Compound eye; Eye morphology; Regional variation; Vision

Indexed keywords

BUTTERFLY; EYE; VISION;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; EYE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BUTTERFLIES; EYE; FEMALE; MALE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELDS;

ANIMALIA; COLIAS EURYTHEME; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE;

EID: 32444434504     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2005.11.002     Document Type: Article

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