The evolution of red color vision in lycaenid butterflies linked to coordinated rhodopsin tuning

The colors in a flower patch appear completely different to a bear, a honeybee, a butterfly and humans. The ability to see these colors is generated by specific properties of opsins—light-sensitive proteins in the retina of our eyes. The number of opsins expressed and the molecular structure of the receptor proteins determines the colors we see.


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Source: Phys.org