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Blue Morpho - Definition
Blue Morpho

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Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Arthropoda
Subkingdom:Hexapoda
Class:Insecta
Infraclass:Neoptera
Superorder:Endopterygota
Order:Lepidoptera
Suborder:Ditrysia
Infraorder:Rhopalocera
Superfamily:Papilionoidea
Family:Nymphalidae
Subfamily:Morphinae
Tribe:Morphini
Subtribe:Morphina
Genus:Morpho
Species:menelaus
Binomial name
Morpho menelaus
Linnaeus, 1758


The Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) is a beautifully iridescent tropical butterfly of the central and south American regions.

Blue Morpho


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