Checklist for Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
and region Amazon basin (Northern South America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 114
852
2096 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 114
852
2096 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 113
851
2095 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 92
811
2056 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 28
646
1861 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 28
646
1861 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 28
646
1861 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
503
1535 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
497
1530 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
462
1485 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 238
660 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 19
97 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 3
35 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Amazon basin
3 Genera with 35 Species
Species list for Amazon basin
35 Species and 1 Subspecies | Antirrhea ornata Butler, 1870 | | | Antirrhea philaretes lindigii C. Felder & ..., 1862 | Northern Antirrhea | | Antirrhea philoctetes Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Brown Morpho | | Caerois chorinaeus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Morpho (Balachowskyna) aurora Westwood, 1851 | Aurora Morpho | | Morpho (Morpho) achilles Linnaeus, 1758 | Achilles Morpho | | Morpho (Morpho) deidamia Hübner, 1816 | Deidamia Morpho | | Morpho (Morpho) helenor Cramer, 1782 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho absoloni May, 1924 | | | Morpho aega Hübner, 1822 | Aega Morpho | | Morpho amphitryon Staudinger, 1887 | | | Morpho anaxibia Esper, 1798 | Anaxibia Morpho | | Morpho athena Oter, 1966 | | | Morpho cisseis C.Felder & R..., 1860 | Cisseis Morpho | | Morpho cypris Westwood, 1851 | Cypris Morpho | | Morpho epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 | Epistrophus White Morpho | | Morpho eugenia Deyrolle, 1860 | Empress Eugí©nie Morpho | | Morpho hecuba Linnaeus, 1771 | Sunset Morpho | | Morpho helena Staudinger, 1890 | Helena Blue Morpho | | Morpho hercules Dalman, 1823 | Hercules Morpho | | Morpho lympharis Butler, 1873 | Lympharis Morpho | | Morpho marcus Cramer, 1775 | Adonis Morpho | | Morpho menelaus Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho niepelti Röber, 1927 | | | Morpho peleides Kollar, 1850 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho polyphemus Westwood, 1850 | Polyphemus White Morpho | | Morpho portis Hübner, 1916 | | | Morpho rhetenor Cramer, 1775 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho rhodopteron Godman & Salvin, 1880 | | | Morpho richardus Fruhstorfer, 1898 | Richard´s Morpho | | Morpho sulkowskyi Kollar, 1850 | Sulkowsky´s Morpho | | Morpho telemachus Linnaeus, 1767 | | | Morpho theseus Deyrolle, 1860 | Stub-Tailed Morpho | | Morpho uraneis Bates, 1865 | | | Morpho zephyritis Butler, 1873 | Zephyritis Morpho |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in Amazon basin
Links, sources and further information Morphini at itis.gov
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