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Photoreceptors:

Receptor	Opsin λmax	Filter λmax	Filter λ50%	Recep. λmax
SG receptor	519nm	460nm	500nm	531nm
B receptor	420nm			420nm
UV receptor	356nm			355nm

Opponent processes:

Description	(+) Terminus	(-) Terminus	Mode
Luminance (ventral)	UV receptor		Ventral
Luminance (dorsal)	UV receptor		Dorsal
Green-Indigo 532nm - 479nm - 420nm	SG receptor	B receptor	Ventral
Green-UV 531nm - 427nm - 354nm	SG receptor	UV receptor	Ventral

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106404	t14	TSPLIT		Receptor,Green receptor,UV receptor
106405	t14	OPSIN		UV receptor,370
106410	t14	DSCOPP		643,UV receptor
106406	t15	VSPLIT		UV receptor,Blue,UV
106407	t15	OPSIN		Blue,440
106408	t15	OPSIN		UV,350
106409	t15	OPSIN		Green receptor,530
106759	t15	RCPNAME		Green receptor,Green
1335400	t15	NAMEOPP		106406,Yellow-Blue
1335401	t15	NAMEOPP		106404,Green-UV
1351539	t15	ACUITY		2
1335356	t313	RCPNAME		Green,SG receptor
1335357	t313	RCPNAME		Blue,B receptor
1335358	t313	RCPNAME		UV,UV receptor
1335359	t313	VSPLIT		SG receptor,WG receptor
1335360	t313	DELOPP		1335359
1335361	t313	CONNOPP		106406,+,WG receptor
1335362	t313	CONNOPP		643,+,UV receptor
1335363	t313	DSCOPP		643,SG receptor
1335364	t313	VSPLIT		UV receptor,Wideband recep.
1335365	t313	DELOPP		1335364
1335366	t313	VSPLIT		UV receptor,R receptor
1335367	t313	OPSIN		R receptor,590
1335368	t313	SCRPIGR		R receptor,560,600,0,1
1335369	t313	SCRPIGR		SG receptor,460,500,0,1
1335371	t313	TSPLIT		UV receptor,V receptor
1335373	t313	SCRPIGR		V receptor,360,395,0,1
1335374	t313	DELOPP		1335366
1335375	t313	DSCOPP		106404,V receptor
1335376	t313	CRE8OPP		Red-Green,+R receptor,-SG receptor
1335377	t313	NAMEOPP		106406,Yellow-Blue
1335378	t313	NAMEOPP		106404,Green-UV
1335379	t313	NAMEOPP		1335371,Violet-UV
1335380	t313	NAMEOPP		643,Luminance (ventral)
1335381	t313	CRE8OPP		Luminance (dorsal),+UV receptor
1335383	t313	CONNOPP		643,+,Wideband recep.
1335384	t313	DSCOPP		643,V receptor
1335385	t313	OPPMODE		Luminance (ventral),3
1335386	t313	OPPMODE		Luminance (dorsal),4
1335387	t313	OPPMODE		1335376,3
1335388	t313	OPPMODE		106406,3
1335389	t313	OPPMODE		106404,3
1335390	t313	OPPMODE		1335371,4
1335391	t313	MODENAME	3,Ventral
1335392	t313	MODENAME	4,Dorsal
1351571	t313	ACUITY		5
166	s57	OPSIN		SG receptor,519
167	s57	OPSIN		B receptor,420
168	s57	OPSIN		UV receptor,356
1335393	s57	OPSIN		R receptor,Wideband recep.,WG receptor,V receptor,0
1351597	s57	ACUITY		2.5

Notes and References:

Briscoe, A. D. & Chittka, L. (2001) The Evolution of Color Vision in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 2001. 46:471-510

Land M.F. (1997) Visual Acuity in Insects. Annu. Rev. Entomol. 42:147-177

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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Blue darner (Aeschna cyanea)

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