Morpho cisseis
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The Cisseis Morpho is a large Neotropical butterfly found in the southern and western Amazon
in Bolivia
, Colombia
, Peru
, Ecuador
, and Brazil
. It includes several subspecies
, but has itself sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the Sunset Morpho
. Both are highly valued by collectors.
Amazon Rainforest
The Amazon Rainforest , also known in English as Amazonia or the Amazon Jungle, is a moist broadleaf forest that covers most of the Amazon Basin of South America...
in Bolivia
Bolivia
Bolivia officially known as Plurinational State of Bolivia , is a landlocked country in central South America. It is the poorest country in South America...
, Colombia
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...
, Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
, and Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. It includes several subspecies
Subspecies
Subspecies in biological classification, is either a taxonomic rank subordinate to species, ora taxonomic unit in that rank . A subspecies cannot be recognized in isolation: a species will either be recognized as having no subspecies at all or two or more, never just one...
, but has itself sometimes been treated as a subspecies of the Sunset Morpho
Sunset Morpho
The Sunset Morpho is the largest species in the genus morpho with a wingspan than can reach , but is usually from . It is a tropical butterfly only found in the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas. It has several subspecies and has sometimes also included M. cisseis as a subspecies.-External...
. Both are highly valued by collectors.
External links
- Funet Taxonomy (subspecies)