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Morpho polyphemus, the white morpho or Polyphemus white morpho, is a white butterfly of Mexico and Central America, ranging as far south as Costa Rica. As suggested by its name, this is one of the relatively few Morphos that is white rather than blue. Some authorities include M. luna, which is also white, as a subspecies of M. polyphemus.
Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms; Butterflies of America Images of type and other specimens. Fiebig Photographs. Butterfly discoverer: prince Maksymilian SuĊkowski
The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho. This genus includes more than 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies , found mostly in South America, Mexico , and Central America . [ 1 ]
Morpho cisseis, the Cisseis morpho, is a large Neotropical butterfly found in the southern and western Amazon in Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. It includes several subspecies , but has itself sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the sunset morpho .
Morpho deidamia, the Deidamia morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly. It is found in Panama, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Suriname, Bolivia, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, and Brazil. It is a species group, which may be, or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.
The male is one of the most brilliantly glossy species and has only a quite inconsiderable black apical spot and a white costal patch on the forewing. The under surface is noteworthy for the contrast between the black basal area and a brown distal region, which are separated by a median band of a more or less pure white and of varying extent ...
In 1913, Hans Fruhstorfer wrote: "M. anaxibia Esp. (69 c) may be regarded as one of the characteristic butterflies of southern Brazil. The species stands quite alone in having the abdomen blue above, but forms a transition from the rhetenor to the menelaus group, anaxibia, however, lacks the wonderful gloss of the rhetenor series, the blue is duller, although it has its own particular beauty ...
Morpho helenor montezuma – common morpho; Morpho helenor octavia – common morpho; Morpho helenor guerrerensis – common morpho; Morpho polyphemus polyphemus – white morpho; Morpho polyphemus luna – white morpho; Morpho theseus justitiae – stub-tailed morpho; Morpho theseus oaxacensis – stub-tailed morpho; Morpho theseus schweizeri ...