Morpho granadensis

Morpho granadensis, the Granada morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly that is primarily found in Costa Rica. Several subspecies and many forms have been described. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho deidamia. Morpho granadensis is exceedingly rare in museum collections and the type specimen is from Costa Rica. The species is narrowly restricted in Costa Rica to band of tropical rain forest within 100 to 600 meters elevation along the Caribbean watershed of the Cordillera Central and the adjacent highlands. Several studies show that Morpho granadensis is half as abundant as other species like Morpho peleides. [1]

Granada morpho
Illustration from Biologia Centrali-Americana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Morpho
Species:
M. granadensis
Binomial name
Morpho granadensis
Felder and Felder, 1867

Etymology

The first specimen collected on the voyage of the Navarra was from Neu Granada.

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See also

References
  1. Young, Allen M. (Summer 1982). "Notes on the Natural History of Morpho Granadensis Polybaptus Butler (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae), and Its Relation to That of Morpho Peleides Limpida Butler". Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 90 (1): 35–54. JSTOR 25009283.
  • Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.


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