Checklist of Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
for USA (North America)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 1073
24471
144362 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 1067
24433
144310 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 977
24002
142513 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 560
19190
118615 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 98
5122
25994 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 94
5067
25912 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 89
5048
25840 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 27
3177
16153 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 23
2889
13581 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
577
2512 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 276
1166 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 12
29 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 4
12 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for USA
4 Genera with 12 Species
Species list for USA
12 Species and 14 Subspecies | Antirrhea philoctetes Linnaeus, 1758 | Common Brown Morpho | | Antirrhea philoctetes philoctetes Linnaeus, 1758 | | | Caerois chorinaeus chorinaeus Fabricius, 1775 | | | Morpho (Morpho) achilles Linnaeus, 1758 | Achilles Morpho | | Morpho achilles patroclus (C. & R. Felder, 1861) | ⇒ Morpho achilles phokylides Fruhstorfer, 1912 | | Morpho (Morpho) helenor Cramer, 1782 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho helenor papirius Hopffer, 1874 | | | Morpho aega aega Hübner, 1822 | | | Morpho amphitryon amphitryon Staudinger, 1887 | | | Morpho epistrophus Fabricius, 1796 | Epistrophus White Morpho | | Morpho menelaus Linnaeus, 1758 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho menelaus chlorophorus Rousseau-Dec..., 1935 | | | Morpho polyphemus Westwood, 1850 | Polyphemus White Morpho | | Morpho polyphemus polyphemus Westwood, 1850 | White Morpho | | Morpho rhetenor columbianus E. Krüger, 1925 | | | Morpho rhetenor equatenor Le Moult & R..., 1962 | | | Morpho rhetenor rhetenor (Cramer, 1775) | ⇒ Morpho rhetenor subtusmurina Le Moult & R..., 1962 | | Morpho rhetenor subtusmurina Le Moult & R..., 1962 | | | Morpho telemachus iphiclus C. Felder & ..., 1862 | | | Morpho theseus aquarius A.G. Butler, 1872 | |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in USA
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