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Rhabdom evolution in butterflies: insights from the uniquely tiered and heterogeneous ommatidia of the Glacial Apollo butterfly, Parnassius glacialis

The eye of the Glacial Apollo butterfly, Parnassius glacialis, a ‘living fossil’ species of the family Papilionidae, contains three types of spectrally heterogeneous ommatidia. Electron microscopy reveals that the Apollo rhabdom is tiered. The distal tier is composed exclusively of photoreceptors ex...

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Autori principali: Matsushita, Atsuko, Awata, Hiroko, Wakakuwa, Motohiro, Takemura, Shin-ya, Arikawa, Kentaro
Natura: Artigo
Lingua:Inglês
Pubblicazione: The Royal Society 2012
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Accesso online:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396891/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22628477
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2012.0475
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