Sunset Morpho

Sunset Morpho
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Morphini
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. hecuba
Binomial name
Morpho hecuba Linnaeus, 1771

The Sunset Morpho (Morpho hecuba) is the largest species in the genus morpho with a wingspan than can reach 20 centimetres (7.9 in), but is usually from 13–15 centimetres (5.1–5.9 in). It is a tropical butterfly only found in the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas. It has several subspecies and has sometimes also included M. cisseis as a subspecies.

Plate from Seitz. Compare the size of M. hecuba with that of the three Morpho species at the top of the page.

External links

• NSG Voucher specimen. Photograph of underside.

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