Visible beyond Violet: How Butterflies Manage Ultraviolet

Ultraviolet (UV) means ‘beyond violet’ (from Latin ‘ultra’, meaning ‘beyond’), whereby violet is the colour with the highest frequencies in the ‘visible’ light spectrum. By ‘visible’ we mean human vision, but, in comparison to many other organisms, human visual perception is rather limited in terms...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Stella, Karel Kleisner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Insects
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4450/13/3/242