Blue and double-peaked green receptors depend on ommatidial type in the eye of the Japanese yellow swallowtail Papilio xuthus

Zoological Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 199-204

  Kinoshita, Michiyo ^a   Kurihara, Daisuke ^a   Tsutaya, Aiko ^a   Arikawa, Kentaro ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color vision; Compound eye; Insect; Photoreceptor; Retina

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CHEMISTRY; COLOR VISION; EYE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; EYE; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE;

INSECTA; PAPILIO XUTHUS;

EID: 33744483403     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.23.199     Document Type: Article

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