| Cisseis Morpho | |
|---|---|
| Museum Specimen from Mato Grosso, Brazil. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Morphini |
| Genus: | Morpho |
| Species: | M. cisseis |
| Binomial name | |
| Morpho cisseis (C. and R. Felder, 1860) |
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The Cisseis Morpho (Morpho cisseis) is a large Neotropical butterfly found in the southern and western Amazon in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. It includes several subspecies, but has itself sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the Sunset Morpho. Both are highly valued by collectors.
Cissei was the daughter of Cisseus, king of Thrace.