- 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.
- Introduction. The "blue morpho butterflies" represent one of the best known and most spectacular genera of Nymphalidae.
- This striking hue results from nanostructured wing scales, which vary among the 16 Morpho species. Some unique features of the Morpho genus include
- Morpho butterflies are any of 29 species within the genus Morpho. In addition to this, the genus has numerous subspecies.
- Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies. 1992, Robert Michael Pyle, Sarah Anne Hughes, Roger Tory Peterson, Handbook for Butterfly...
- Photo of a Menelaus blue morpho. ... Order. Family. Genus. Size. Color.