Morpho rhodopteron
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Morpho rhodopteron is a Neotropical butterfly known only from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta in Colombia.
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Morpho rhodopteron | |
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Figure 9 (largest butterfly on plate, only one wing shown), underside, from the plate accompanying the original description | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Morpho |
Species: | M. rhodopteron |
Binomial name | |
Morpho rhodopteron | |
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With a wingspan of 7.5 cm (3 in). It is the smallest species in the genus Morpho.