Underside of a morpho butterfly showing ocelli (eyespots) and a brown coloration


Underside of a morpho butterfly is brown with eyespots, in contrast to the iridescent blue of the dorsal, upper sides of the wings. There are over 80 species of the genus Morpho, a group of neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America as well as Mexico and Central America


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Photo credit: © Scott Camazine / Alamy / Afripics
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Keywords: butterfly, coloration, defense, eyespot, lepidoptera, morpho, ocelli