Morpho godarti
Godart’s Morpho | |
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Museum specimen. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Rhopalocera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Tribe: | Morphini |
Genus: | Morpho |
Species: | M. godarti |
Binomial name | |
Morpho godarti (Guérin-Méneville, 1844) | |
Godart’s Morpho, Morpho godarti, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Peru and Bolivia.
Etymology
The butterfly was named to honour the French entomologist Jean Baptiste Godart.
References
- Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
- Paul Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color.London, Salamander:Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition)ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816 page 235 fig.6(Bolivia)
External links
- Funet Taxonomy (subspecies)
- Butterflies of America Images of type and other specimens of Morpho menelaus godartii.
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