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The Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus) is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. [1] Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm (4.7"), and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. [ 2 ]
The sapphire blue of the upper wings may appear black or neon blue depending on how the light is reflected. The undersides of the hindwings have a cryptic coloration, as they are mottled with different shades of color, varying from gray to brown, while the under sides of the forewings are black with white patches.
Battus philenor, the pipevine swallowtail or blue swallowtail, [3] [4] is a swallowtail butterfly found in North America and Central America. This butterfly is black with iridescent-blue hindwings. They are found in many different habitats, but are most commonly found in forests. [5]
Zizina otis, the lesser grass blue, [2] [3] is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south [2] and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. [3] The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus, the common grass blue. [4]
Adults are purplish blue on the upper wing surface with a black body and black or brown wing margins. These margins are larger on the female than the male. [ 5 ] The lower wing surface is brown to pale brownish grey with a pattern of fawn bands and spots, [ 4 ] [ 6 ] with the body covered in white or grey hairs.
The Indra swallowtail is a black butterfly with minimal blue and whitish markings, similar in coloration to the black swallowtail or the short-tailed swallowtail. Likewise, the species has a very short tail, and dark blue crescents on the topside of the hindwing .
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Euchrysops cnejus, the gram blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found from India [ 2 ] to Australia . The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.