Partial coherence and other optical delicacies of lepidopteran superposition eyes

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 209, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1904-1913

  Stavenga, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Corneal nipple array; Diffraction; Lepidoptera; Moth; Optical path length; Skipper

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EYE; HISTOLOGY; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; OPTICS; PHYSIOLOGY; VISION;

ANIMALS; EYE; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT; OPTICS; VISION;

HESPERIIDAE; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 33745650745     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.02223     Document Type: Article

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