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A Difficult Colour to Capture - TNY_2289

The blue morpho (Morpho peleides), also known as the emperor butterfly is blue on the upper side of the wings.

 

Very blue. Like crazily, insanely blue. It shimmers quite a lot depending on the angle you see it from, making the colours even more fantastic.

 

The iridescent colour looks cool - but it is very difficult to capture in a photo. Compare the wing colours of this one with another specimen here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/26963220947/ - quite different-looking, right?

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Uploaded on April 7, 2022
Taken on March 27, 2019