Morpho rhodopteron is a Neotropical butterfly known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.
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| Figure 9 (largest butterfly on plate, only one wing shown), underside, from the plate accompanying the original description | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Morpho |
| Species: | M. rhodopteron
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With a wingspan of 7.5 cm (3 in). It is the smallest species in the genus Morpho.
References
edit- 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.
External links
edit- Butterflies of America, Images of type
- "Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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