Morpho peleides Kollar, 1850
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 peleides
Species name(s)
Morpho peleides Kollar, 1850 = Morpho helenor peleides Kollar, 1850 = Morpho confusa Le Moult & Réal, 1962 = Morpho hyacinthus inderivata Le Moult & Réal, 1962 = Moprho peleides. [9, 85]
Peleides Blue Morpho.
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Expansion
Zoogeographical regions
Neotropic.
Primary colors
Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.
Subspecies of Morpho peleides
- Morpho peleides chocoanus Krüger. [187]
- M. p. cortone Fruhstorfer, 1913. [187]
- M. p. crispitaenia Fruhstorfer, 1907. [187]
- M. p. insularis Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]
- M. p. luminosa Le Cerf, 1925. [187]
- M. p. maculata Röber, 1903. [187]
- M. p. narcissus Staudinger. [187]
- M. p. tucupita Le Moult, 1925. [187]
- M. p. zonaras Fruhstorfer, 1912. [187]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photos:
Igor Sakhno, Irina Nikulina. 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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