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Blue Morpho butterfly

Morpho sp.

Photo by LuisStevens
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large butterfly. Blue in dorsal view and brown with spots in the ventral side.

Habitat:

Deciduous forest of the Yucatan peninsula..

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Morpho

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Comments (2)
LuisStevens
Yes Lauren, I took many photos and just these two were allright.
LaurenZarate
Beautiful! Its so hard to get pictures of these.

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PublishedJuly 19, 2016

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