High macro photograph of wing scales on A Morpho sp. butterfly
A Morpho butterfly may be one of over 80 species of the genus Morpho. They are Neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America as well as Mexico and Central America. Morphos range in wingspan from the cm M. rhodopteron to the imposing 20 cm Sunset Morpho, M. hecuba. The name Morpho, meaning changed or modified, is also an epithet of Aphrodite and Venus.
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Photo credit: © Scenics & Science / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: aphrodite, butterfly, flutter, goniochromism, high, iridescence, lepidoptera, macro, morpho, photograph, scales, sp., venus, wing
