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Morpho achilles
South American Jungle
This one was spotted in the Cleveland Botanical Garden
Spotted on Jul 22, 2011
Submitted on Aug 20, 2011
3 Comments
That's correct. That picture is from my visit to the Cleveland Botanical Garden, they have a nice green house with a replica of a Puerto Rico tropical jungle.
It looks like a banded morpho (Morpho achilles), but that is a Central American butterfly. Not expected in Ohio.
Although Iwould expect a little more blue it looks similar to a 'blue morpho'