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Description:

Spotted at the Butterfly Garden in Copan Ruinas, Honduras.

Species ID Suggestions

Common Morpho

Morpho helenor peleides
bayucca
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Comments (5)
bayucca
Did you remember, whole wing with blue or only 2 large blue stripes?
darrenbell2012
Lol, fair point! I do seem to recall it had a vivid blue look to the other side which was why I tried so hard to get a photo.
bayucca
No new camera, more luck ;-)... These Morphos are born to annoy photographers...
darrenbell2012
I wish I did, I spent ages trying to but just couldn't get my timing right. Need to get a better camera really.
bayucca
That's a very pragmatic ID, since in butterfly houses usually you "only" find Morpho helenor peleides (or formerly Morpho peleides) or Morpho achilles. Do you have an open wing shot?
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PublishedAugust 27, 2012

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