Similar Species - _TNY_0875
"My" local butterfly house has two species of blue morpho. The peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) with the dorsal side of the wings mainly metallic blue, and then they have this one, the Achilles blue morpho (Morpho achilles), which has a black dorsal side with a metallic blue band across each side.
The ventral sides are quite similar however with basically just that white band at the top of the front wings being larger in M. peleides (compare this one to one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/38041477311/)
This one was kind enough to open the wings just a little bit whih makes it possible to tell which of the two species it is.
Similar Species - _TNY_0875
"My" local butterfly house has two species of blue morpho. The peleides blue morpho (Morpho peleides) with the dorsal side of the wings mainly metallic blue, and then they have this one, the Achilles blue morpho (Morpho achilles), which has a black dorsal side with a metallic blue band across each side.
The ventral sides are quite similar however with basically just that white band at the top of the front wings being larger in M. peleides (compare this one to one here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/38041477311/)
This one was kind enough to open the wings just a little bit whih makes it possible to tell which of the two species it is.