Checklist for Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
and region Rio Grande do Sul (South Brazil, Brazil)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 338
2448
4337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 338
2448
4337 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 325
2404
4275 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 215
1908
3391 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 40
534
824 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 40
534
824 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 39
531
823 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 19
356
558 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 16
334
534 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
197
351 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 100
190 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 12
25 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 1
8 | Genus
Species |
Taxom
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Genera for Rio Grande do Sul
1 Genera with 8 Species
Species list for Rio Grande do Sul
8 Species and 6 Subspecies | Morpho aega Hübner, 1822 | Aega Morpho | | Morpho aega aega Hübner, 1822 | | | Morpho anaxibia pelias (Fruhstorfer, 1913) | ⇒ Morpho anaxibia Esper, 1798 | | Morpho catenarius catenarius | | | Morpho epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 | Epistrophus White Morpho | | Morpho epistrophus catenarius (marmoratao H..., 1907) | ⇒ Morpho epistrophus argentinus Fruhstorfer, 1907 | | Morpho hercules Dalman, 1823 | Hercules Morpho | | Morpho portis Hübner, 1916 | | | Morpho portis thamyris Felder, 1865 | | | Morpho telemachus iphiclus C. Felder & ..., 1862 | | | Morpho thamyris Felder, 1867 | Thamyris Morpho |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in Rio Grande do Sul
Links, sources and further information Morphini at itis.gov
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