Morpho laertes - Wikipedia
WEBMorpho laertes (formerly Morpho epistrophus), the White morpho or Epistrophus white morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. The white morpho is native to the Atlantic Forest, where they are distributed throughout a landscape of multiple species.
Morpho epistrophus catenaria (type specimens) - List of …
WEBMorpho epistrophus catenaria (HOLOTYPE of Morpho (Pessonia) laertes sachtlebeni Le Moult & Réal, 1962) ♂ BRAZIL [SDEI]. Photo taken by Gerardo Lamas and digitized by the Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project, funded by the Darwin Initiative.
Morpho e. epistrophus (type specimens) - List of butterflies of …
WEBMain Species Page Type Specimens. Morpho e. epistrophus (TYPE of Papilio laertes Drury, 1782, TL: Brazil (RJ), preocc. (not Cramer, 1775)) Photo taken by Gerardo Lamas and digitized by the Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project, funded by …
Morpho catenarius - Wikipedia
WEBMorpho catenarius is a Neotropical butterfly belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of the family Nymphalidae. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho epistrophus.
Morpho epistrophus argentinus (type specimens) - List of …
WEBMorpho epistrophus argentinus (TYPE of Morpho catenarius argentinus f. efigurata Fruhstorfer, 1912, TL: Brazil (RS)) Photo taken by Gerardo Lamas and digitized by the Tropical Andean Butterfly Diversity Project, funded by the Darwin Initiative.
Morpho (genus) - Wikipedia
WEBThe morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho. This genus includes more than 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies, found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America. [1]
Coloration mechanisms and phylogeny of Morpho butterflies
WEBDec 15, 2016 · In our previous study, we investigated three characteristic Morpho species, M. epistrophus, M. helenor and M. cypris, and concluded that their brilliant iridescence is due to both a thin film lower lamina and a multilayered …
Morpho laertes (Drury, 1782) - GBIF
WEBAbstract. Morpho epistrophus catenaria. Morpho laertes (formerly Morpho epistrophus), the white morpho or Epistrophus white morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Epistrophus White Morpho - iNaturalist
WEBMorpho epistrophus, the white morpho or Epistrophus white morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina.
Brilliant iridescence of Morpho butterfly wing scales is due to …
WEBApr 12, 2016 · Because the lower lamina of the scales of related nymphalid butterflies, the Nymphalinae, plays a dominant role in the wing coloration, by acting as a thin film reflector, we investigated single blue scales of three characteristic Morpho species: M. epistrophus, M. helenor and M. cypris.
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