Morpho richardus

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Blue Morpho Butterfly
A Morpho plate fromm Seitz. Morpho richardus is the centre butterfly, top row.
A Morpho plate fromm Seitz. Morpho richardus is the centre butterfly, top row.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
(unranked) Rhopalocera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Morphinae
Tribe: Morphini
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. richardius
Binomial name
Morpho richardius
Fruhstorfer, 1898

Richard's Morpho (Morpho richardius) is a Neotropical butterfly found only in Minas Gerais, Brazil.

[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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