Editorial Photo of the Blue Morpho (Morpho helenor) wings closed on Yellow Flowers

Photo éditoriale Morpho Bleu (Morpho helenor) les ailes fermées sur des fleurs jaunes

Butterflies Go Free 2011 Edition Montreal Botanical Garden
Papillons en liberté 2011 Jardin Botanique de Montreal


The Helenor Morpho (Morpho helenor) is a Neotropical butterfly found in Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Mexico, Surinam, French Guiana, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brazil,Argentina and in Trinidad and Tobago. It is a species group which may be, or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.

Morpho helenor (Cramer, 1776), è una farfalla neotropicale che si trova in Panama, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Messico, Suriname, Guiana francese, Bolivia, Colombia, Perù, Ecuador, Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala, Paraguay, Brasile,Argentina e Trinidad e Tobago.