Morpho helenor
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| Morpho helenor pindarus dorsal view | |
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Morpho helenor helenor ventral view Cristalino River Southern Amazon, Brazil |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Morpho |
| Species: | M. helenor |
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Morpho helenor (Cramer, 1776) |
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| Subspecies | |
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Many (see section below) |
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Many (see section below)
Morpho helenor, the Helenor blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found throughout Latin America, including Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Suriname, French Guiana, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, and Trinidad and Tobago. It is a species group that may or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.
The larvae of subspecies Morpho helenor achillaena have been recorded as feeding on Genipa americana, Inga, Machaerium oblongifolium and Platymiscium.
Morpho helenor helenor, male, dorsal - MHNT
Morpho helenor helenor male, ventral - MHNT
Morpho helenor helenor, female, dorsal - MHNT
Morpho helenor helenor, female, ventral - MHNT
Morpho helenor helenor
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Plate from Adalbert Seitz. Top left are Morpho helenor limpidus Butler, 1872, from Costa Rica and Morpho helenor hyacinthus Butler, 1866, from Honduras.
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