Morpho laertes

Morpho laertes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. laertes
Binomial name
	Morpho laertes; (Drury, 1782)
Synonyms
	Papilio laertes Drury, 1782; Papilio epistrophus Fabricius, 1796; Morpho eristrophis Hübner, 1816/24; Morpho laertes eutropius Fruhstorfer, 1912; Morpho laertes nikolajewna Weber, 1951;

Morpho laertes is a Neotropical butterfly.

Taxonomy

When first described in 1782 laertes was placed in the genus Papilio. The specimen was from Brasília. It is a valid name in The Global Lepidoptera Names Index.^[1]

Currently it is placed in the subgenus Pessonia (Le Moult & Réal 1962) of genus Morpho, along with the closely related species Morpho catenarius (Perry, 1811), Morpho luna (Butler), Morpho polyphemus (Dixey), and Morpho titei (Drury, 1770). It is now considered a junior synonym of Morpho epistrophus.

Etymology

The name comes from Laërtes, a figure in Greek mythology.

Sources

Blandin, P. 2007. The genus Morpho, Lepidoptera Nymphalidae. Part 3. The Subgenera Pessonia, Grasseia and Morpho and Addenda to Parts 1 & 2. Hillside Books, Canterbury

References

↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morpho laertes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2018.

External links

Osaka University Images of M. laertes

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Morpho laertes". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved October 1, 2018.