Butterfly vision, wing colors linked: Ability to identify own species aided by ultraviolet pigment
Tuesday, February 16, 2010 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- Butterfly experts have suspected for more than 150 years that vision plays a key role in explaining wing color diversity. Now, for the first time, research led by UC Irvine biologists proves this theory true - at least in nine Heliconius species.