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Morpho helenor
Native to Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina and in Trinidad and Tobago.
Picture taken at the Butterfly Gardens Aumühle/Friedrichsruh
Sorry forgot some links:
Peleides: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
Marinita: http://butterfliesofamerica.com/imagehtm...
In this case I am confident that is is once not the famous Morpho peleides, which is actually Morpho helenor peleides. So, with Morpho helenor you are definitely on the safe side. Personally I would tend to Morpho helenor marinita, but without a dorsal shot and considering the sometimes doubtful sources of the pupae and lazy changing of the ID-labels in butterfly houses I would not bet my ranch on it.
Sure I will, Dan - usually I wait a while for identification suggestions and add the entire info then. Fortunately bayucca helped out again :D
Okay, I see it now in the missions but sometimes don't always look at the missions and I didn't see any notes. Can you put it in the notes too, for me? Thanks Lars.
Yes, it's from the gardens, Daniele.
It's a captive one, Dan - we do not have those species here wildly.
Nice Lars. It's not often I see a butterfly from you. Not sure of the ID though for European species.
Spotted on Jul 29, 2012
Submitted on Jul 29, 2012
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