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Simple exponential functions describing the absorbance bands of visual pigment spectra
- D. Stavenga, R. P. Smits, B. J. Hoenders
- Physics, Medicine
- Vision Research
- 1 May 1993
Literature data for visual pigment spectra are formally treated by assuming that the spectra consist of a summation of absorbance bands, that the shape of the bands is invariant according to the… Expand
Sexual Dimorphism of Short-Wavelength Photoreceptors in the Small White Butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora
- K. Arikawa, Motohiro Wakakuwa, X. Qiu, M. Kurasawa, D. Stavenga
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of Neuroscience
- 22 June 2005
The eyes of the female small white butterfly, Pieris rapae crucivora, are furnished with three classes of short-wavelength photoreceptors, with sensitivity peaks in the ultraviolet (UV) (λmax = 360… Expand
Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates
- H. Autrum, M. F. Bennett, +9 authors M. Yoshida
- Biology
- Handbook of Sensory Physiology
- 19 November 2011
Angular and spectral sensitivity of fly photoreceptors. II. Dependence on facet lens F-number and rhabdomere type in Drosophila
- D. Stavenga
- Physics, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 28 February 2003
A wave-optical model for the integrated facet lens-rhabdomere system of fly eyes is used to calculate the effective light power in the rhabdomeres when the eye is illuminated with a point light… Expand
Reflections on colourful ommatidia of butterfly eyes.
- D. Stavenga
- Biology, Medicine
- The Journal of experimental biology
- 15 April 2002
The eye shine of butterflies from a large number of ommatidia was observed with a modified epi-illumination apparatus equipped with an objective lens of large numerical aperture. A few representative… Expand
Pseudopupils of Compound Eyes
- D. Stavenga
- Philosophy
- 1979
“I come to the discussion of a remarkable optical phenomenon the unravelling of which has caused me a good deal of worry.” In this way Sigmund Exner (1891, p. 162) begins the chapter on pseudopupils… Expand
Light on the moth-eye corneal nipple array of butterflies
- D. Stavenga, S. Foletti, G. Palasantzas, K. Arikawa
- Biology, Medicine
- Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
- 22 March 2006
The outer surface of the facet lenses in the compound eyes of moths consists of an array of excessive cuticular protuberances, termed corneal nipples. We have investigated the moth-eye corneal nipple… Expand
Colour in the eyes of insects
- D. Stavenga
- Biology, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 13 April 2002
Abstract. Many insect species have darkly coloured eyes, but distinct colours or patterns are frequently featured. A number of exemplary cases of flies and butterflies are discussed to illustrate our… Expand
Refractive index and dispersion of butterfly chitin and bird keratin measured by polarizing interference microscopy.
- Hein L. Leertouwer, B. Wilts, D. Stavenga
- Medicine
- Optics express
- 21 November 2011
Using Jamin-Lebedeff interference microscopy, we measured the wavelength dependence of the refractive index of butterfly wing scales and bird feathers. The refractive index values of the glass scales… Expand
Angular and spectral sensitivity of fly photoreceptors. I. Integrated facet lens and rhabdomere optics
- D. Stavenga
- Physics, Medicine
- Journal of Comparative Physiology A
- 2002
Abstract. Three optical components of a fly's eye determine the angular sensitivity of the photoreceptors: the light diffracting facet lens, the wave-guiding rhabdomere and the light-absorbing visual… Expand