Morpho rhetenor

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Blue Morpho Butterfly
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Division: Rhopalocera Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Morphinae Tribe: Morphini Genus: Morpho Species: M. rhetenor
Binomial name
Morpho rhetenor (Cramer ,1775)

The Blue Morpho (Morpho rhetenor) is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Surinam , French Guiana , Brazil, Peru ,Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.Vey many subspecies and forms have been described.

[edit] Etymology

[edit] References

• Eugène Le Moult with P.Real Les Morpho d'Amerique du Sud et Centrale. E. Le Moult, Paris : Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult. 1962-1963.

[edit] External links

• Funetfi
• Fiebig Photographs, including microphotography.
• NSG Photograph of underside.