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Morpho peleides, the Peleides blue morpho, common morpho [1] or the emperor [2] [3] is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay and Trinidad. Most authorities [4] believe that peleides is a subspecies of Morpho helenor. [5]
The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [ 2 ]
The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho. This genus includes more than 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies , found mostly in South America, Mexico , and Central America . [ 1 ]
Morpho didius, the giant blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of family Nymphalidae. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho menelaus .
Blue morpho may refer to several species of distinctly blue butterfly under the genus Morpho, including: Morpho achilles (Achilles morpho) Morpho cypris (Cypris blue morpho) Morpho didius (Didius blue morpho) Morpho helenor (Helenor blue morpho) Morpho menelaus (Menelaus blue morpho) Morpho peleides (Peleides blue morpho) Morpho rhetenor ...
This is a Neotropical brush-footed butterfly which was named for the mineral malachite, similar in color to the bright green on the butterfly's wings. Image credits: @dianamurguta #22 Morpho ...
Anaxibia morpho Morpho anaxibia pelias Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Genus: Morpho Species: M. anaxibia Binomial name Morpho anaxibia (Esper, 1801) Subspecies Morpho anaxibia pelias Fruhstorfer, 1913 Morpho anaxibia calliphon Fruhstorfer, 1916 Morpho anaxibia, the Anaxibia morpho, is a ...
Morpho sulkowskyi is a Tropical Andes cloud forest specialist (above 800 to 1,500 meters as high as 3500 meters). Morpho sulkowskyi and Morpho lympharis are the sole Morphos occupying this habitat. Taxonomy