genus

MorphoFabricius, 1807

Morpho Butterflies

species: 39out of 8546% covered
images: 1,365

Counts cover images whose name resolved to a species accepted by Catalogue of Life, so they can be lower than the totals on the Collections page. Totals and percentages compare them with the accepted families, genera and species Catalogue of Life places in this taxon.

Morphospace

Variation in species coloration mapped onto the latent space. Each species is represented by two points, one for its dorsal side and one for its ventral side. The farther apart the dorsal and ventral points are, the more different the two sides are in coloration.

Classification

genusMorpho39 species1,365 images
- speciesMorpho absoloniMay, 19242 images
- speciesMorpho achillaenaHübner1 image
- speciesMorpho achilles(Linnaeus, 1758)137 images
- speciesMorpho adonis(Cramer, 1779)8 images
- speciesMorpho aega(Hübner)55 images
- speciesMorpho alexandrovnaDruce, 1874
- speciesMorpho amathonteDeyrolle, 1860
- speciesMorpho amphitrionStaudinger19 images
- speciesMorpho anaxibia(Esper, 1798)38 images
- speciesMorpho aphroditeLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho athenaOter, 1966
- speciesMorpho auroraWestwood, 185131 images
- speciesMorpho breyeriOrfila, 1963
- speciesMorpho catenariusPerry4 images
- speciesMorpho chantalaeBlandin, Johnson, Garcia & Neild, 2020
- speciesMorpho cisseisFelder, 186031 images
- speciesMorpho confusaLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho coraSchaus, 1928
- speciesMorpho crameriKirby, 18712 images
- speciesMorpho cyprisWestwood41 images
- speciesMorpho cytherisGodart, 1823
- speciesMorpho deidamia(Hübner, 1816)71 images
- speciesMorpho diademaFruhstorfer
- speciesMorpho didiusHopffer, 187411 images
- speciesMorpho electraRöber, 1903
- speciesMorpho epistrophisHübnerrecorded as Morpho epistrophus124 images
- speciesMorpho erosFruhstorfer, 1913
- speciesMorpho eugeniaDeyrolle, 186014 images
- speciesMorpho fruhstorferiRöber, 1903
- speciesMorpho godartiiGuérin-Méneville, 184412 images
- speciesMorpho granadensisFelder, 1867
- speciesMorpho hebeWestwood
- speciesMorpho hectorRöber
- speciesMorpho hecuba(Linnaeus, 1771)29 images
- speciesMorpho helenaStaudinger6 images
- speciesMorpho helenorCramer, 1782263 images
- speciesMorpho hercules(Dalman, 1823)54 images
- speciesMorpho hermioneRöber, 1903
- speciesMorpho iphiclusFelder, 1862
- speciesMorpho iphitusFelder, 1867
- speciesMorpho justitiaeSalvin & Godman, 1868
- speciesMorpho krugeriRöber, 1927
- speciesMorpho laertes(Drury, 1782)6 images
- speciesMorpho leonteHübner, 1807
- speciesMorpho leontiusFelder, 1867
- speciesMorpho lunaButler, 18694 images
- speciesMorpho lympharisButler, 18734 images
- speciesMorpho marcus(Schaller, 1785)30 images
- speciesMorpho marinitaButler, 1872
- speciesMorpho menelaus(Linnaeus, 1758)126 images
- speciesMorpho metellus(Cramer, 1782)2 images
- speciesMorpho nestorCramer, 1775
- speciesMorpho niepeltiRöber, 1927
- speciesMorpho nymphalisLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho ockendeniRothschild, 1916
- speciesMorpho papiriusHopffer, 1874
- speciesMorpho parallelusLe Moult, 1933
- speciesMorpho patroclusFelder, 1861
- speciesMorpho peleidesKollar, 185021 images
- speciesMorpho peleusRöber, 1903
- speciesMorpho penelopeWeber, 1963
- speciesMorpho perseus(Cramer, 1779)6 images
- speciesMorpho phanodemusHewitson, 1869
- speciesMorpho polyphemusWestwood21 images
- speciesMorpho popiliusHopffer, 1874
- speciesMorpho portis(Hübner, 1821)36 images
- speciesMorpho rhetenor(Cramer, 1775)45 images
- speciesMorpho rhodopteronGodman & Salvin, 18803 images
- speciesMorpho rugitaeniatusFruhstorfer, 1907
- speciesMorpho schultzeiLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho staudingeriNiepelt, 1927
- speciesMorpho stoffeliLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho sulkowskyiKollar, 185041 images
- speciesMorpho tabogaLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho telamonRöber, 1903
- speciesMorpho telemachus(Linnaeus, 1767)40 images
- speciesMorpho thalpiusHübner
- speciesMorpho thamyrisFelder, 18672 images
- speciesMorpho theseusDeyrolle, 186020 images
- speciesMorpho thoosaSmyth, 1903
- speciesMorpho titeiLe Moult & Réal, 1962
- speciesMorpho trojanaRöber, 19031 image
- speciesMorpho uraneisBates, 1865
- speciesMorpho uraniaDeyrolle, 1860
- speciesMorpho zephyritisButler4 images

Linked species have records in the collection. Species in grey are in the Catalogue of Life classification but have no images here yet.

Source: Catalogue of Life (v2026-08-26 XR)

Species in this genus

Morphospace

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