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A morpho butterfly is one of over 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies of butterflies in the genus ''Morpho''. They are neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America.〔Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962–1963. ''Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale'', Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.〕 Morphos range in wingspan from the 7.5-cm (3-in) ''M. rhodopteron'' to the imposing 20-cm (8-in) sunset morpho, ''M. hecuba''. The name morpho, meaning changed or modified, is also an epithet of Aphrodite and Venus. == Species == This list is arranged alphabetically within species groups.〔(''Morpho'' ), funet.fi〕 Subgenus ''Iphimedeia'' *Species group ''hercules'' * *''Morpho amphitryon'' Staudinger, 1887 * *''Morpho hercules'' (Dalman, 1823) – Hercules morpho * *''Morpho richardus'' Fruhstorfer, 1898 – Richard's morpho *Species group ''hecuba'' * *''Morpho cisseis'' C. & R. Felder, 1860 – Cisseis morpho * *''Morpho hecuba'' (Linnaeus, 1771) – sunset morpho *Species group ''telemachus'' * *''Morpho telemachus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) * *''Morpho theseus'' Deyrolle, 1860 – Theseus morpho Subgenus ''Iphixibia'' *''Morpho anaxibia'' (Esper, 1801) Subgenus ''Cytheritis'' *Species group ''sulkowskyi'' * *''Morpho sulkowskyi'' – Sulkowsky's morpho *Species group ''lympharis'' * *''Morpho lympharis'' Butler, 1873 – Lympharis morpho *Species group ''rhodopteron'' * *''Morpho rhodopteron'' Godman & Salvin, 1880 *Species group ''portis'' * *''Morpho portis'' (Hübner, ()) *Species group ''zephyritis'' * *''Morpho zephyritis'' Butler, 1873 – Zephyritis morpho *Species group ''aega'' * *''Morpho aega'' (Hübner, ()) – Aega morpho *Species group ''adonis'' * *''Morpho eugenia'' Deyrolle, 1860 – Empress Eugénie morpho * *''Morpho marcus'' (Cramer, 1775) * *''Morpho uraneis'' Bates, 1865 Subgenus ''Balachowskyna'' *''Morpho aurora'' – Aurora morpho Subgenus ''Cypritis'' *Species group ''cypris'' * *''Morpho cypris'' Westwood, 1851 – Cypris morpho *Species group ''rhetenor'' * *''Morpho rhetenor'' (Cramer, ()) – Rhetenor blue morpho * *''Morpho helena'' Staudinger, 1890 – Helena blue morpho Subgenus ''Bessonia'' *Species group ''polyphemus'' * *''Morpho polyphemus'' Westwood, () – (Polyphemus) white morpho *Species group ''catenaria '' * *''Morpho epistrophus'' (Fabricius, 1796) – Epistrophus white morpho Subgenus ''Crasseia'' *Species group ''menelaus'' * *''Morpho menelaus'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Menelaus blue morpho Subgenus ''Morpho'' *Species group ''deidamia'' *''Morpho deidamia'' (Hübner, ()) – Deidamia morpho *Species group ''helenor'' * *''Morpho helenor'' (Cramer, 1776) – Helenor morpho * *''Morpho peleides'' Kollar, 1850 – Peleides blue morpho, common morpho, or the emperor *Species group ''achilles'' * *''Morpho achilles'' (Linnaeus, 1758) – Achilles morpho Ungrouped: *''Morpho absoloni'' May, 1924 *''Morpho athena'' Otero, 1966 *''Morpho niepelti'' Röber, 1927 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Morpho」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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