Morpho athena is a Neotropical butterfly.
| Morpho athena | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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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Description
editMorpho 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
editThis species is present in Brazil.
References
edit- ^ 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
edit- "Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Images
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