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