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Blue Morpho Butterfly

Morpho menelaus

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Field Notes

Description:

Approximately 4 in (10cm) wingspan. Wings are bright iridescent blue when open. At rest, with wings closed, it is well camouflaged. Probably a male.

Habitat:

Usually see these flying through open areas along rivers and streams or in other clearings in the forest. Fairly common around the Explorama Lodges in the Napo River area.

Notes:

This photo was taken many years ago - before GPS and digital cameras became common tools.

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Morpho menelaus

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Comments (17)
Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman
Beautiful, I see them all the time and I have not been able to take a picture with the wings open, they are so fast when flying but it is the only time I see their gorgeous iridescent blue color.
Leuba Ridgway
Great photo of a stunning butterfly -well done and congratulations !!
KarenL
Lovely! Welcome to Project Noah!
Yasser
Congratulations, this blue beauty was selected as Spotting of the Day! "With a wingspan of nearly 6in (15cm), the Blue Morpho is the iridescent beauty of Central and South America, leaving brief flashes of blue as it travels above the forest canopy." Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151260771890603&set=a.10151164681410603.791492.10150120463815603&type=1 Twitter: http://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/167757024317292544
Hans.New
It´s a great shot, so there is lot of reaction :-) And that´s absolutely ok for this picture.
AmazonWorkshops
Thanks everyone! I never imagined that there would be this much activity within the first hour of our launch on Project Noah. How exciting! What a great community to be a part of.
SusanEllison
Christy: I was in Costa Rica too but no luck plus I was just begining to learn photography. this one is really stunning!
ChristyHolland
Beautiful!! I have a picture of this butterfly in Costa Rica, but he never opened his wings!! Stunning blue!!
SusanEllison
this is the best shot...they are so hard to captured with wings open

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PublishedFebruary 9, 2012

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