Investigating mechanisms of polarized light sensitivity in the small white butterfly Pieris rapae
A. J. Blake, G. S. Hahn, H. Grey, S. Kwok, D. McIntosh, G. Gries
This study investigates how Pieris rapae butterflies perceive polarized light, finding that differences in degree of linear polarization (DoLP) are perceived as color and involve multiple polarization-sensitive photoreceptors.
bioRxiv · Dec 19, 2019Animal Behavior & Cognition