Checklist of Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
for Northeast Brazil (Brazil)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 447
3140
5727 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 447
3140
5727 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 409
3029
5540 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 228
2117
4010 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 43
517
855 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
514
852 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 39
512
852 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 17
385
696 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 14
378
684 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
243
508 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 129
302 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 8
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 2
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Northeast Brazil
2 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for Northeast Brazil
12 Species and 9 Subspecies | Antirrhea archaea Hübner, 1822 | | | Morpho (Morpho) achilles Linnaeus, 1758 | Achilles Morpho | | Morpho deidamia diffusa Le Moult & R..., 1962 | | | Morpho (Morpho) helenor Cramer, 1782 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho helenor achillaena (Hübner, 1823) | ⇒ Morpho helenor violaceus Fruhstorfer, 1912 | | Morpho helenor anakreon Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | | Morpho helenor leontius (C. Felder & ..., 1867) | ⇒ Morpho helenor tucupita Le Moult, 1925 | | Morpho helenor trojana (belemensis E..., 1962) | ⇒ Morpho helenor pindarus Fruhstorfer, 1910 | | Morpho achillaena Hübner, 1816 | | | Morpho achillaena bahiana Fruhstorfer, 1897 | | | Morpho aega amargosensis Otero & Soares, 1996 | | | Morpho anaxibia Esper, 1798 | Anaxibia Morpho | | Morpho epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 | Epistrophus White Morpho | | Morpho epistrophus laertes (D. Drury, 1782) | ⇒ Morpho epistrophus epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 | | Morpho laertes (Drury, 1782) | ⇒ Prepona rothschildi Le Moult, 1932 | | Morpho menelaus Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho menelaus eberti Weber, 1963 | | | Morpho portis Hübner, 1916 | | | Morpho telemachus Linnaeus, 1767 | |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in Northeast Brazil
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