Morpho thamyris

Morpho thamyris
Thamyris Morpho
Male museum specimen
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. thamyris
Binomial name
Morpho thamyris
C. & R. Felder, 1867

The Thamyris Morpho, Morpho thamyris, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Paraguay and Brazil (Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul).

Many subspecies have been described.

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Etymology

Thamyris was in Greek mythology a singer who was so proud of his skill that he boasted he could outsing the Muses. His story is told in the Iliad.

Taxonomy

Some authors consider Morpho thamyris to be a subspecies of Morpho portis (Hübner, [1821])

References

  • Eugène Le Moult & Pierre Réal, 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
  • Adalbert Seitz (Ed.) 1907. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde, vol. 5. Stuttgart, Alfred Kernen.

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