• The genus has also been divided into subgenera. Hundreds of form, variety, and aberration names are used among Morpho species and subspecies.
  • This web site is intended to be a pictorial guide to the beautiful Neotropical group of butterflies belonging to the genus Morpho.
  • The genus Morpho contains approximately 29 species and 147 subspecies of butterflies. In Costa Rica, there are six species of Morpho.
  • The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho. This genus includes over 29 accepted species and 147...
  • Most comprehensive resources on this Genus are as follows: Patrick Blandin. The Genus Morpho, Lepidoptera Nymphalidae.
  • Morpho hercules (Dalman, 1823) – Hercules Morpho. Morpho richardus Fruhstorfer, 1898 – Richard's Morpho. Species group hecuba.
  • This striking hue results from nanostructured wing scales, which vary among the 16 Morpho species. Some unique features of the Morpho genus include
  • Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies. 1992, Robert Michael Pyle, Sarah Anne Hughes, Roger Tory Peterson, Handbook for Butterfly...
  • Introduction. The "blue morpho butterflies" represent one of the best known and most spectacular genera of Nymphalidae.
  • Morpho butterflies are any of 29 species within the genus Morpho. In addition to this, the genus has numerous subspecies.