Morpho helenor Cramer, 1782 is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Morpho helenor Cramer, 1782
Morpho helenor is a Neotropical blue morpho butterfly found from Mexico to Argentina, treated as a possibly polytypic species group.
Morpho helenor, commonly called the Helenor blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly. It can be found across Central and South America, ranging from Mexico to Argentina. This taxon is treated as a species group, and it is uncertain whether it actually consists of multiple distinct species. Many subspecies of Morpho helenor have been described so far.
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Clossiana polaris (Boisduval, 1829)
Tanaecia cocytus (Fabricius, 1787)
Lycorea cleobaea halia (Hübner, 1825)
Athesis clearista Doubleday, 1847
Prepona demophon (Linnaeus, 1758)
Danaus affinis Fabricius, 1775
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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