Morpho theseus

Theseus Morpho
subspecies justitia Godman and Salvin Image from Plate in Biologia Centrali-Americanum (1879-1915)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Division:	Rhopalocera
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Morphini
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. theseus
Binomial name
Morpho theseus (Deyrolle, 1860)

The Theseus Morpho (Morpho theseus) is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras and Guatemala. Many subspecies have been described.

Etymology

Theseus was a legendary king of Athens.

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
• NSG Photographs of voucher specimen.
• Mariposa Mexicanas Photographs of subspecies "oaxacensis"
• Taxonomy Browser Upperside and underside photographs.

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