A Review of the Evolution of Animal Colour Vision and Visual Communication Signals

The visual displays of animals and plants are often colourful, and colour vision allows animals to respond to these signals as they forage for food, choose mates and so-forth. This article discusses the evolutionary relationship between photoreceptor spectral sensitivities of four groups of land animals–birds, butterflies, primates and hymenopteran insects (bees and wasps)–, the colour […]