Morpho amathonte

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Morpho amathonte
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionidae
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Morphini
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. amathonte
Binomial name
Morpho amathonte
(Deyrolle ,1860)

Morpho amathonte is a Neotropical butterfly found in Panama, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho menelaus.


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  • Eugène Le Moult with P. Real Les Morpho d'Amerique du Sud et Centrale. E. Le Moult, Paris : Editions scientifiques du Cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult. 1962-1963.

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