Sexual difference in color sense in a lycaenid butterfly, Narathura japonica

Zoological Science

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 611-613

  Imafuku, Michio ^a   Shimizu, Isamu ^a   Imai, Hiroo ^a   Shichida, Yoshinori ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color sense; ERG; Integrating sphere; Narathura japonica; Sexual difference

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR VISION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; MALE; PHOTORECEPTORS, INVERTEBRATE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

JAPONICA; LYCAENIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 34547621431     PISSN: 02890003     EISSN: 02890003     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2108/zsj.24.611     Document Type: Article

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