- Morpho rhetenor
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Blue Morpho Butterfly 
Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Division: Rhopalocera Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nymphalidae Tribe: Morphini Genus: Morpho Species: M. rhetenor Binomial name Morpho rhetenor
(Cramer, 1775)The Rhetenor Blue Morpho (Morpho rhetenor) is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. Many subspecies and forms have been described.
Plate from Seitz M. rhetenor
Etymology
'Rhetenor' is a literary reference. In Ovid's Metamorphoses, Rhetenor was a companion of Diomedes.
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
- www.butterflycorner.net (English/German)
- NSG Photograph of underside.
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