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Blue-banded morpho

Morpho achilles

Photo by BrunoMoller
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Field Notes

Description:

•They are neotropical butterflies.
•They eat mainly fruits or fermenting juice and tree sap.
•The caterpillars feed on various species of climbing plants.

Habitat:

Argentina, Suriname, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Paraguay and Brazil
-I saw this butterfly in Itaipava(RJ,Brazil)

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