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Morpho epistrophus

Morpho epistrophus

Classification

Class
Insecta

Morpho laertes (formerly Morpho epistrophus), the white morpho or epistrophus white morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. The white morpho is native to the Atlantic Forest, where they are distributed throughout a landscape of multiple species. Description In 1913, Hans Fruhstorfer wrote in Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde: Group Morpho F.

Distribution

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