Morpho rhodopteron

Morpho rhodopteron
	Figure 9 (largest butterfly on plate, only one wing shown), underside, from the plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. rhodopteron
Binomial name
	Morpho rhodopteron; Godman & Salvin, 1880
Synonyms
	Morpho rhodopteron var. nevadensis Krüger, 1925; Morpho (Cytheritis) schultzei Le Moult & Réal, 1962;

Morpho rhodopteron is a Neotropical butterfly known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.

With a wingspan of 7.5 cm (3 in). It is the smallest species in the genus Morpho.

References

Godman, Du Cane F. and Salvin, O. (1880) A List of Diurnal Lepidoptera collected in the Sierra Nevada of Santa Marta, Colombia, and the Vicinity Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Volume 28: 119–154.
Le Moult, E. & Réal, P. (1962–1963) Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.

Butterflies of America, Images of type
"Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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