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Morpho didius Hopffer, 1874

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 didius

Species name(s)

Morpho didius Hopffer, 1874 = Morpho menelaus didius Hopffer, 1874 = Morpho didius hypanophthalma Niepelt, 1934 = Morpho (Grasseia) didius pseudassarpai Le Moult & Réal, 1962 = Arcana cerulaes Perry, 1811. [9, 85, 187]

Didius Morpho.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15027

Expansion

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Subspecies of Morpho didius

• Morpho didius albomarginalis Weber, 1951. [187]
• M. d. argentiferus Fruhstorfer, 1913. [187]
• M. d. bipunctata Rousseau-Decelle, 1935. [187]
• M. d. flavolimbata Niepelt, 1934. [187]
• M. d. incompta Talbot, 1929. [187]
• M. d. subrufa Rousseau-Decelle, 1935. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Aleksandr Andrianov, Igor Ivannikov.

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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