Morpho epistrophus Fabricius, 1796
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Nymphalidae → subfamily Morphinae → tribe Morphini → subtribe Morphina → genus Morpho → subgenus Bessonia → species Morpho epistrophus
Species name(s)
Morpho (Bessonia) epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 = Morpho laertes = Papilio epistrophus Fabricius, 1796. [9, 85]
White Morpho.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Primary colors
Brown/Gray/Black, White.
Detailed information with references
Taxonomy, synonyms and combinations
Subspecies of Morpho epistrophus
- Morpho epistrophus argentinus Fruhstorfer, 1907. [9]
- M. e. epistrophus. [9]
- M. e. titei Le Moult & Réal, 1962. [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Alex Dumchus. Text data: Peter Khramov.
The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [85] Lepidoptera species catalogue, Lepidoptera.ru, 2015
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