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Morpho aega Hübner, 1822

Taxonomy

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

Species name(s)

Morpho (Cytheritis) aega Hübner, 1822 = Leonte aega Hübner, [1822] = Morpho typica Fruhstorfer. [9, 85, 187]

Aega Morpho.

urn:lsid:insecta.pro:taxonomy:15096

Expansion

This species marks on the maps: 1.

Zoogeographical regions

Neotropic.

Primary colors

Blue, Brown/Gray/Black.

Subspecies of Morpho aega

• Morpho aega aega. [9]
• M. a. amargosensis Otero & Soares, 1996. [9]
• M. a. burmeisteri Le Moult & Real, 1962. [187]
• M. a. mattensis Le Moult & Real, 1962. [187]
• M. a. mellinia Fruhstorfer, 1907. [187]
• M. a. pseudocypris Fruhstorfer, 1907. [187]
• M. a. saphiralineata Rousseau-Decelle, 1935. [187]

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Evgeny Komarov.

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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