ommochrome metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye.
GO:0042441
eye pigment metabolic process
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GO:0046158
ocellus pigment metabolic process
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ommochrome metabolism
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