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Blue Morpho Butterfly

Morpho menelaus

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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17 Comments

JenniferRichardson
JenniferRichardson 10 years ago

Sure hope to catch a glimpse of one in a few short weeks!

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.

jakewade97
jakewade97 11 years ago

Very nice

Sachin Zaveri
Sachin Zaveri 11 years ago

Lovely!

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 12 years ago

Great photo of a stunning butterfly -well done and congratulations !!

Putra Ramadhan
Putra Ramadhan 12 years ago

Nice colour

KarenL
KarenL 12 years ago

Lovely!
Welcome to Project Noah!

AmazonWorkshops
AmazonWorkshops 12 years ago

Yay! Thanks!

Gerardo Aizpuru
Gerardo Aizpuru 12 years ago

Wonderful Photo and butterfly.
Congratulations.

Yasser
Yasser 12 years ago

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."

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Hans.New
Hans.New 12 years ago

It´s a great shot, so there is lot of reaction :-) And that´s absolutely ok for this picture.

AmazonWorkshops
AmazonWorkshops 12 years ago

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.

MaryEvans2
MaryEvans2 12 years ago

Beautiful butterfly and photo!

DanielePralong
DanielePralong 12 years ago

Beautiful AmazonWorkshops! Welcome to Project Noah.

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

Christy: I was in Costa Rica too but no luck plus I was just begining to learn photography. this one is really stunning!

ChristyHolland
ChristyHolland 12 years ago

Beautiful!! I have a picture of this butterfly in Costa Rica, but he never opened his wings!! Stunning blue!!

SusanEllison
SusanEllison 12 years ago

this is the best shot...they are so hard to captured with wings open

AmazonWorkshops
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Loreto, Peru

Spotted on Jul 8, 1995
Submitted on Feb 9, 2012

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