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Notes and References:

Longwave-transmissive screening pigments and red-inclusive tetrachromacy are known for several members of this family. It is possible that this species, too, possesses red sensitivity, but the site admin is unaware of evidence for that.

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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