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Blue Morpho Butterfly Rhetenor Cacica Mounted in White Frame

The Blue Morpho rhetenor butterflies are the true blue gems of the Neotropical Amazon Rainforest. They are the brightest of the blue morpho butterflies and are absolutely stunning. There are two sub species found under the Morpho rhetenor genus that are the Morpho rhetenor cacica and Morpho rhetenor helena. They was first described by Cramer in 1775.

 

What makes up their blue, iridescent shine is not the pigmentation of the scales on their wings, but rather the result of light diffraction where the light that hits the wings is altered upon reflection resulting in the brilliant blue hue we perceive with our eyes.

 

This beautiful butterfly is also available in Black and Brown framing.

 

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Uploaded on December 1, 2010
Taken on June 29, 2009