Visual sensitivity in the crepuscular owl butterfly Caligo memnon and the diurnal blue morpho Morpho peleides: A clue to explain the evolution of nocturnal apposition eyes?

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 844-851

  Frederiksen, Rikard ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Apposition eye; Crepuscular vision; Nymphalidae; Visual sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; BUTTERFLY; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; EYE; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; EVOLUTION; EYE; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGY; PHOTOBIOLOGY; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VISION;

APOIDEA; CALIGO; COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; MORPHO PELEIDES; NYMPHALIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 42549161512     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.012179     Document Type: Article

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