Biology:Morpho athena
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Short description: Species of butterfly
Morpho athena | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Morpho |
Species: | M. athena
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Binomial name | |
Morpho athena Otero, 1966 [1]
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Morpho athena is a Neotropical butterfly.
Description
Morpho athena is a large white butterfly, very similar to Morpho luna and related species, with a brown narrow band along two-thirds of the costal edge of the forewing. This ends in a hook-shaped mark.
Distribution
This species is present in Brazil .
References
- ↑ Otero, L. S. (1966): Morpho athena sp. n. (Lepidoptera, Morphidae) Atas da Sociedade de Biologia do Rio de Janeiro 10(1), pp. [14-16, 6 figs.]
External links
- "Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Images
- External images of types
Wikidata ☰ Q3324332 entry
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