Morpho aurora

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Aega Morpho
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionidae
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Morphini
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. aurora
Binomial name
Morpho aurora
(Westwood ,1851)

The Aurora Morpho (Morpho aurora) is a Neotropical butterfly found in Bolivia and Peru.

[edit] Etymology

Aurora is the goddess of dawn in Roman mythology.


[edit] References

  • 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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