The eyes of Macrosoma sp. (Lepidoptera: Hedyloidea): A nocturnal butterfly with superposition optics

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-22

  Yack, Jayne E ^a   Johnson, Stephanie E ^a   Brown, Sarah G ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^b  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Compound eyes; Evolution; Hedylidae; Sensory; Superposition; Vision

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNEA; DARK ADAPTATION; EYE; EYE POSITION; FEMALE; HEDYLOIDEA; LENS; LEPIDOPTERA; LIGHT EXPOSURE; MACROSOMA CONIFERA; MACROSOMA HELICONIARIA; MACROSOMA RUBIDINAREA; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; MOTH; NIGHT VISION; NONHUMAN; OPTIC LOBE; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PUPIL; RETINA; RETINA CELL; RETINA CONE; SENSORY ANALYSIS; TRACHEA; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COMPOUND EYE, ARTHROPOD; MALE; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY;

HEDYLIDAE; HEDYLOIDEA; LEPIDOPTERA; MACROSOMA; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 33845316394     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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