Morpho godarti

Godart’s Morpho
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


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