Checklist of Tribe Morphini Newman, 1834 (Morpho Butterflies)
for Veracruz (East Mexico, Mexico)
Class
| Insecta
Linnaeus, 1758
Insects, True insects | 413
4754
9634 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subclass
| Pterygota
Lang, 1888
Winged insects | 412
4753
9634 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraclass
| Neoptera
van der Wulp, 1890
Modern Wing-folding insects | 393
4667
9391 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superorder
| Holometabola
Heider, 1889
Holometabolous Insects | 258
3937
8159 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Order
| Lepidoptera
Linnaeus, 1758
Butterflies, Lepidopterans, Moths | 61
1718
3642 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Suborder
| Glossata
Fabricius, 1775
Modern butterflies and moths | 61
1717
3641 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Infraorder
| Heteroneura
Tillyard, 1918
| 60
1714
3639 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Section
| Cossina
Herrich-Schäffer, 1856
| 24
1226
2785 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Subsection
| Bombyces
Scopoli, 1763
| 21
1171
2688 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Superfamily
| Papilionoidea
Latreille, 1802
Butterflies, Skippers, True butterflies | 5
340
909 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Family | Nymphalidae
Rafinesque, 1815
Admirals, Anglewings, Browns, Brush Footed Butterflies | 141
394 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subfamily | Morphinae
Newman, 1834
Morphos, Morphos and Owls | 6
22 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Tribe | Morphini
Newman, 1834
Morpho Butterflies, Morphos | 2
7 | Genera
Species |
Taxom
|
Genera for Veracruz
2 Genera with 7 Species
Species list for Veracruz
7 Species and 5 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 popilius Hopffer, 1874 | | | Morpho cisseis C.Felder & R..., 1860 | Cisseis Morpho | | Morpho luna Butler, 1869 | | | Morpho peleides Kollar, 1850 | Blue Morpho | | Morpho polyphemus Westwood, 1850 | Polyphemus White Morpho | | Morpho polyphemus thoosa (E.A. Smyth, 1903) | ⇒ Morpho polyphemus luna Butler, 1869 | | Morpho theseus Deyrolle, 1860 | Stub-Tailed Morpho | | Morpho theseus justitiae (Salvin & Godman, 1868) | ⇒ Morpho theseus schweizeri R. F. Maza, 1987 | | Morpho theseus schweizeri R. F. Maza, 1987 | Stub-tailed Morpho |
Subnodes of Morphini with occurrences in Veracruz
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