Morpho rhodopteron

Morpho rhodopteron
Fig. 9 The underside of Morpho rhodopteron in the plate accompanying the original description
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Morpho
Species: M. rhodopteron
Binomial name
Morpho rhodopteron
Godman & Salvin, 1880
Synonyms
  • Morpho rhodopteron var. nevadensis Krüger, 1925
  • Morpho (Cytheritis) schultzei Le Moult & Réal, 1962

Morpho rhodopteron is a Neotropical butterfly known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.

With a wingspan of 7.5 cm (3 inch). It is the smallest species in the genus Morpho.

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