Scientific
Name: Morphidae Menelaus
Common Name: Blue Morpho
Distribution: South American Region
Description: The Blue Morpho Butterfly is a species of neotropical butterfly that has brilliant
blue wings (the females are are not as brilliantly coloured as the males and
have a brown edge with white spots surrounding the iridescent blue area). The
undersides (visible when the butterfly is resting) are brown with bronze-coloured
eyespots. The Blue Morpho has a wingspan of about 6 inches (15 cm). Adults drink
the juices of rotting fruit using their straw-like proboscis.
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