Morpho eugenia: Difference between revisions

Eugene morpho
	Male - Muséum de Toulouse
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. eugenia
Binomial name
	Morpho eugenia; Deyrolle, 1860

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Morpho eugenia, the Eugene morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in French Guiana.

The name honours Empress Eugénie, the empress consort, as the wife of Napoleon III.

The male resembles the generally known Morpho aega, but the blue is duller and lighter. Forewing also above with the two white costal spots and with less black at the apex.

Male underside
Female
Female underside

References

Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
"Morpho Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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+{{Short description|Species of butterfly}}
-{{Taxobox
+{{for|A. S. Byatt's novella|Morpho Eugenia{{!}}''Morpho Eugenia''}}
-| name = Eugene Morpho
+{{Speciesbox
+| name = Eugene morpho
 | image = Morpho eugenia MHNT male dos.jpg
+| image_caption = Male - [[Muséum de Toulouse]]
-| image_width = 240px
-| image_caption = ''Morpho (Cytheritis) eugenia eugenia'' - [[Muséum de Toulouse]]
+| taxon = Morpho eugenia
+| authority = [[Achille Deyrolle|Deyrolle]], 1860
-| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
-| phylum = [[Arthropod]]a
-| classis = [[Insect]]a
-| ordo = [[Lepidoptera]]
-| familia = [[Brush-footed butterfly|Nymphalidae]]
-| tribus = [[Morphini]]
-| genus = ''[[Morpho (butterfly)|Morpho]]''
-| species = '''''M. eugenia'''''
-| binomial = ''Morpho eugenia''
-| binomial_authority = [[Achille Deyrolle|Deyrolle]], 1860
 }}
-The '''Eugene Morpho''' ('''''Morpho eugenia''''') is a [[Neotropical]] butterfly found in [[French Guiana]].
+'''''Morpho eugenia''''', the '''Eugene morpho''', is a [[Neotropical]] butterfly found in [[French Guiana]].
-The name honours [[Eugénie de Montijo|Empress Eugénie]].
+The name honours [[Eugénie de Montijo|Empress Eugénie]], the empress consort, as the wife of Napoleon III.
-The male  resembles the generally known ''[[Morpho aega]]'' above, but the blue is duller and lighter. Forewing also above with the two white costal spots and with less black at the apex.
+The male resembles the generally known ''[[Morpho aega]]'', but the blue is duller and lighter. Forewing also above with the two white costal spots and with less black at the apex.
 <gallery>
-Morpho eugenia MHNT male dos.jpg |<big>♂</big>
+Morpho eugenia MHNT male ventre.jpg|Male underside
-Morpho eugenia MHNT male ventre.jpg|△ <big>♂</big>
+Morpho eugenia eugenia MHNT femelle dos.jpg|Female
-Morpho eugenia eugenia MHNT femelle dos.jpg |<big>♀</big>
+Morpho eugenia eugenia MHNT femelle ventre.jpg|Female underside
-Morpho eugenia eugenia MHNT femelle ventre.jpg|<big>♀</big> △
 </gallery>
 ==References==
 * [[Eugène Le Moult|Le Moult (E.)]] & [[Pierre Réal|Réal (P.)]], 1962-1963. ''Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale'', Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
+* [http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/morphinae/morpho/ "''Morpho'' Fabricius, 1807"] at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
+{{Taxonbar|from=Q3324336}}
-[[Category:Insects described in 1860]]
+[[Category:Butterflies described in 1860]]
 [[Category:Morpho]]
+[[Category:Nymphalidae of South America]]
+[[Category:Taxa named by Achille Deyrolle]]
+{{Morphinae-stub}}