Lilac-bordered copper (Lycaena nivalis)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Arthropoda » Pancrustacea » Insecta » Endopterygota » Lepidoptera » Papilionoidea » Lycaenidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
LWS receptor575nm575nm
MWS receptor500nm  500nm
SWS receptor437nm  437nm
UVS receptor360nm  359nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance
 LWS receptor   Photopic
Amber-Aqua
587nm - 537nm - 489nm
  		LWS receptor MWS receptor Photopic
Yellow-Indigo
575nm - 493nm - 438nm
  		LWS receptor SWS receptor Photopic
Yellow-UV
575nm - 416nm - 357nm
  		LWS receptor UVS receptor Photopic

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Notes and References:

Frentiu, F. D. & Briscoe, A. D. (2008) A butterfly eye's view of birds BioEssays 30:1151-1162

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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