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Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
52.3663, 4.91665
Field Notes
Description:
he brilliant blue color in the butterfly's wings is caused by the diffraction of the light from millions of tiny scales on its wings. It uses this to frighten away predators, by flashing its wings rapidly. The wingspan of the Blue Morpho butterfly ranges from 7.5–20 cm (3.0–7.9 in). The entire Blue Morpho Butterfly lifecycle, from egg to adult is only 115 days.
Habitat:
The Peleides Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay, and Trinidad.
Here spotted in the Amsterdam zoo
Notes:
Although the butterfly was still flying around the broken wing shows the end of life was near.
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Morpho peleides
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PublishedJuly 8, 2011
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