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Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) - Wiki
Subject: Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) - Wiki
Blue Morpho underside-Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus).jpg
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Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) - Wiki


Morpho menelaus
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[Photo] The underside of a (dead) blue morpho butterfly. Photograph of a the underside of a deceased Blue Morpho butterfly (Morpho menelaus) by Connor Lee http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:WAvegetarian. Taken in April 2004.

The Menelaus Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) is an iridescent tropical butterfly of Central and South America. It has a wing span of 6 inches (15 centimeters). The adult drinks juice from rotten fruit with its long proboscis, which is like a sucking tube. The adult males have brighter colors than the females.

The larva eat plants at night. The larva is red-brown in color with bright patches of lime-green or yellow. The larvae are also highly cannibalistic.

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