Summary of the characteristics of the three ommatidial types and the distribution of spectral receptors in Pieris eyes
| . | Pigment . | . | . | Photoreceptor . | . | . | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type . | Cluster shape . | Colour . | Fluorescence . | R1 . | R2 . | R3/4 . | R5-8 . | ||||
| I | Trapezoidal | Pale-red | - | UV | B | L560 | L620 | ||||
| B | UV | ||||||||||
| II | Square | Deep-red | + | dB | L560-II | L640 | |||||
| III | Rectangular | Pale-red | - | UV | L560 | L620 | |||||
| . | Pigment . | . | . | Photoreceptor . | . | . | . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Type . | Cluster shape . | Colour . | Fluorescence . | R1 . | R2 . | R3/4 . | R5-8 . | ||||
| I | Trapezoidal | Pale-red | - | UV | B | L560 | L620 | ||||
| B | UV | ||||||||||
| II | Square | Deep-red | + | dB | L560-II | L640 | |||||
| III | Rectangular | Pale-red | - | UV | L560 | L620 | |||||
L560-II, previously termed d-green, is a green receptor with depressed sensitivity at 420 nm, located in type II ommatidia(Qiu and Arikawa, 2003a); for comparison with L560, see Fig. 4A.