title: Colour Vision: Random Retina of Butterflies Explained.
abstract: Butterfly eyes are random mosaics built of three ommatidia types, each with a different set of photoreceptors and pigments. What defines the combined features in each ommatidium? A new study has solved the puzzle.
authors.affiliation: Lund Vision Group, Department of Biology, Lund University, Sölvegaten 35, S-22362 Lund, Sweden. Electronic address: Almut.Kelber@biol.lu.se.
authors.forename: Almut
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kelber
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002080:Butterflies; D055253:Color Vision; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate; D010858:Pigmentation; D012160:Retina