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Morpho sp. Butter Fly

Morpho sp.

Photo by JosephBullock
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Bands of white, orange and gray in the characteristic lobe shape. The wings are tinged with white.

Habitat:

Forest with wildflowers. Central plateau in Madagascar.

Notes:

This butterfly flew in on schedule for it's portrait. The first one to be so helpful. I took several pictures before it flew away.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
JosephBullock
Thanks Alice. I finally had the time to look and discovered you are correct. I am thankful I had my camera at the time it landed. Thanks for your help on other ID's.
Thurd13
Beautiful butterfly and photo!
alicelongmartin
Look in the Morphidae family. I think it is a type of Morpho Butterfly.

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PublishedApril 24, 2011

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