Chinese windmill (Atrophaneura alcinous)

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Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
R receptor575nm450nm573nm592nm
DG receptor520,360nm  520nm
SG receptor520nm340nm390nm520nm
BB receptor460,520,575nm340nm390nm474nm
NB receptor460nm340nm390nm460nm
WB receptor460,360nm  460nm
V receptor350nm343nm460nm414nm
UV receptor350nm  349nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
SG receptor   Photopic
R-DG
598nm - 552nm - 512nm
 
R receptor DG receptor Photopic
R+DG-NB+WB
585nm - 509nm - 455nm
 
R receptor
DG receptor
WB receptor
NB receptor
Photopic
Green-UV
532nm - 482nm - 354nm
 
SG receptor WB receptor Photopic
RDG-UV
530nm - 441nm - 413nm
 
SG receptor
R receptor
DG receptor
BB receptor
UV receptor
V receptor
Photopic
Green-UV
520nm - 405nm - 349nm
 
SG receptor UV receptor Photopic

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Notes and References:

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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