- Morpho helenor
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Helenor Morpho 
Plate from Seitz. Top left are Morpho helenor limpidus Butler, 1872, from Costa Rica and Morpho helenor hyacinthus Butler, 1866, from Honduras. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Tribe: Morphini Genus: Morpho Species: M. helenor Binomial name Morpho helenor
(Cramer, 1776)The Helenor Morpho (Morpho helenor) is a Neotropical butterfly found in Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a species group which may be, or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.
A museum specimen of Morpho helenor hector
Morpho peleides is a member of species-group Morpho helenor.
References
- Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
External links
- Funetfi
- Taxonomy Browser Upperside and underside photographs.
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