Close up on Blue Morpho

Close up of a Blue Morpho butterfly feeding on slices of orange fruits. Macro, shallow depth of field

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

Your two photos from Angola are the first we have from this country, very valuable!
How was Angola? Posted 7 years ago
1. Julian Popov
  
  Lion
  
  I have mixed feelings but is interesting country :) Posted 7 years ago
2. 1. Ferdy Christant
    
    Lion
    
    Care to elaborate?
    By the way, I think the species identification is not correct. It does look like some kind of owl butterfly, but it's not the Giant Owl species specifically. You can see how the species you photographed looks quite different from the Giant Owl:
    https://www.jungledragon.com/specie/789/photos
    
    Trying to figure out which species this... Posted 7 years ago
  2. 1. Julian Popov
      
      Lion
      
      it is a Owl Butterfly (Caligo Memnon) if i am wrong let's identify.Thanks for the comment Posted 7 years ago
    2. 1. Ferdy Christant
        
        Lion
        
        Given the eye patterns it's understandable to assume it's an owl butterfly, but it's not. It's a morpho butterfly instead. The 7 eyes give it away. The tricky thing is that there's multiple blue morpho species, so for now I've identified it as the most common one.
        
        Posted 7 years ago

The Peleides blue morpho

"Morpho peleides", the Peleides blue morpho, common morpho or the emperor is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay and Trinidad. Most authorities believe that "peleides" is a subspecies of "Morpho helenor".

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Similar species: Moths And Butterflies

Species identified by Ferdy Christant