Simultaneous color contrast in the foraging swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 211, Issue 21, 2008, Pages 3504-3511

  Kinoshita, Michiyo ^a   Takahashi, Yuki ^b   Arikawa, Kentaro ^a  

^a GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Color constancy; Complementary color; Insect; Lepidoptera; Visual system

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUTTERFLY; COLOR VISION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BUTTERFLIES; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; LIGHT;

HEXAPODA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIO; PAPILIO XUTHUS; PAPILIONIDAE; PAPILIONOIDEA;

EID: 55549098177     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.017848     Document Type: Article

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