Morpho richardius

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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. richardius
Binomial name
Morpho richardius
(Fruhstorfer ,1898)

The Richard's Morpho (Morpho richardius) is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found only in Minas Gerais , Brazil.

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[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.

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