Kinoshita Michiyo, Arikawa Kentaro
Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Kanagawa, Japan.
Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Studies, SOKENDAI, Hayama 240-0193, Kanagawa, Japan.
Trends Neurosci. 2023 May;46(5):338-340. doi: 10.1016/j.tins.2023.02.006. Epub 2023 Mar 15.
The swallowtail butterfly, Papilio xuthus, has excellent color discrimination abilities, and its visible light spectrum is notably wide. We discuss the neural basis of color vision in P. xuthus, highlighting some of the evolutionary adaptations in this species in relation to other insects. These adaptations include inter-photoreceptor (PR) interactions that produce spectral-opponent PRs, and complex higher order color-coding neurons.
凤蝶，即柑橘凤蝶，具有出色的颜色辨别能力，其可见光谱范围显著较宽。我们探讨了柑橘凤蝶颜色视觉的神经基础，着重介绍了该物种相对于其他昆虫的一些进化适应性。这些适应性包括产生光谱拮抗型光感受器的光感受器间相互作用，以及复杂的高阶颜色编码神经元。
