Puneet Varma (Editor)

Morpho athena

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Morpho

Morpho athena httpsuploadwikimediaorgwikipediacommonsthu

Similar
  
Morpho eugenia, Morpho lympharis, Morpho hercules, Morpho rhodopteron, Morpho theseus

Morpho athena is a Neotropical butterfly.

Contents

Description

Morpho athena is a large white butterfly, very similar to Morpho luna and related species, with a brown narrow band along two-thirds of the costal edge of the forewing. This ends in a hook-shaped mark.

Distribution

This species is present in Brazil.

References

Morpho athena Wikipedia