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Deidamia Morpho

Morpho deidamia

Photo by RosaJessen
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Species ID Suggestions

Giant Blue Morpho

Morpho didius

Deidamia Morpho

Morpho deidamia

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This is part of the game... Imagine you are a bird in the rainforest looking for fine food of a Blue Morpho. The only thing you see is every 10 m an intense blue, very fast moving glitter, like a rabbit on the field, always changing direction. Between there is the darkness of the rainforest. You have as bird NO chance to follow the Morpho and you are not able to catch it. And if the Morpho is resting on a leaf it is almost invisible. So, no Morpho for the bird and you should not try to catch a spiky caterpillar ;-)...
Thank you!!! It was really hard to tell with the details with the picture I had. I think you are right, it is is Morpho deidamia. The individuals I had seen during the day were Giant Blue Morphos. Well, it is so hard to keep up with them in the jungle, they are not that fast but they never stop flying, at least not when you want a picture of them ;)
This is not Morpho didius or Morpho menelaus didius, but Morpho deidamia. If you look at the forewings there is in Didius quite a remarkable "bow", which is not seen in yours. And Deidamia is the only Morpho with these also very remarkable clutter of quite fine stripes allover the wings. Note also the white scalopped marking on the forewing (next to the margin), also typical for Deidamia. There are several different subspecies in Peru/Colombia/Ecuador. You probably need the native specimen to get down to subspecies. Didius: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/ih/morpho0958_i.htm Deidamia: http://www.butterfliesofamerica.com/L/morpho_deidamia_granadensis.htm
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PublishedAugust 16, 2012

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