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Blue morpho butterfly

Morpho

Description:

Beautiful blue butterfly that scares off other males with his blue wings

Habitat:

tropical rainforest South America, Mexico, and Central America

1 Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Tiger Swallowtail, dark form female
Papilio glaucus Species Papilio glaucus - Eastern Tiger Swallowtail - BugGuide.Net


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1 Comment

AshleyT
AshleyT 8 years ago

Blue morpho butterflies are not found in Alabama, and look quite a bit different from this. This is one of the swallowtails. You can always tick the "Help me ID this species" box when uploading the spotting so someone can help you ID your organism!

CatherineJMHarvey
Spotted by
CatherineJMHarvey

Alabaster, Alabama, USA

Spotted on Aug 29, 2015
Submitted on Sep 1, 2015

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