Absence of eye shine and tapetum in the heterogeneous eye of Anthocharis butterflies (Pieridae)

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 210, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3075-3081

  Takemura, Shin Ya ^a,d   Stavenga, Doekele G ^b   Arikawa, Kentaro ^c  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^d DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ommatidial heterogeneity; Orange tip; Rhabdom shape; Screening pigment; Yellow tip

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR VISION; EYE; HISTOLOGY; RETINA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; EYE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RETINA;

ANTHOCHARIS; ANTHOCHARIS CARDAMINES; ANTHOCHARIS SCOLYMUS; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; SCOLYMUS;

EID: 34948907380     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.002725     Document Type: Article

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