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Morpho catenarius Perry, 1811

Taxonomy

class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Morphinae → tribe Morphini → subtribe Morphina → genus Morpho → species Morpho catenarius

Species name(s)

Morpho catenarius Perry, 1811 = Morpho epistrophus catenaria (Perry, 1811) = Papilio catenaria Perry, 1811 = Morpho (Pessonia) laertes sachtlebeni Le Moult & Réal, 1962 = Morpho (Pessonia) catenaria eutroparia Le Moult & Réal, 1962 = Papilio catenarius. [9, 85]

Mint Morpho.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15033

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black, White.

Subspecies of Morpho catenarius

• Morpho catenarius argentinus Fruhstorfer, 1907. [187]
• M. c. effigurata Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]
• M. c. marmorata Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]
• M. c. nigrescens Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Peter Khramov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

• [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
• [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
• [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org

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