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Morpho aega Hübner, 1822

Самец Morpho aega

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.

Самец Morpho aega

Subspecies of Morpho aega

Authors

Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.

Photos: Vasiliy Feoktistov, Evgeny Komarov.

The species characteristics formalization: Peter Khramov.

References

Comments

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17.01.2011 17:08, Vasiliy Feoktistov

Kind of interesting because it is the smallest species of the genus Morpho.
The wingspan of no more than our butterfly Machaon.

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