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Morpho godarti

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Godart's morpho
Museum Wiesbaden
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Morpho
Species:
M. godarti
Binomial name
Morpho godarti

Morpho godarti, or Godart's morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Peru and Bolivia.

Etymology

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The butterfly was named to honour the French entomologist Jean Baptiste Godart.

References

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  • Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962-1963. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale, Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris.
  • Paul Smart, 1976 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color. London, Salamander: Encyclopedie des papillons. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) ISBN 9780948427046 ISBN 0600313816 page 235 fig. 6 (Bolivia)
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