Checklist for Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
and region Chiapas (Southwest Mexico, Mexico)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 421
3952
7779 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 419
3950
7777 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 399
3889
7631 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 258
3180
6501 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 53
1030
2071 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 53
1030
2071 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 52
1028
2069 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 25
753
1601 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 22
735
1579 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 7
335
829 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 153
428 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 9
27 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 2
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Chiapas
2 Genera with 7 Species
Species list for Chiapas
7 Species and 6 Subspecies | Morpho (Morpho) achilles Linnaeus, 1758 | Achilles Morpho | | Morpho (Morpho) helenor Cramer, 1782 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho helenor montezuma (Guenée, 1859) | ⇒ Morpho helenor narcissus Staudinger, 1887 | | Morpho helenor narcissus Staudinger, 1887 | Common Morpho | | Morpho helenor octavia (H. Bates, 1864) | ⇒ Morpho helenor zonaras Fruhstorfer, 1912 | | Morpho helenor popilius Hopffer, 1874 | | | Morpho helenor zonaras Fruhstorfer, 1912 | Common Morpho | | Morpho luna Butler, 1869 | | | Morpho peleides Kollar, 1850 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho polyphemus Westwood, 1850 | Polyphemus White Morpho | | Morpho telemachus iphiclus C. Felder & ..., 1862 | | | Morpho theseus Deyrolle, 1860 | Stub-Tailed Morpho |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in Chiapas
Links, sources and further information Morphini at itis.gov
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