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Morpho Fabricius, 1807

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Illiger (1807) Magazin für Insecktenkunde. 5.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
genus
Morpho

Name

Synonyms
Balachowskyna Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Cypritis Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Cytheritis Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Deyrollia Cassilde & Blandin, 2010
Grasseia Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Iphimedeia Fruhstorfer, 1912
Iphixibia Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Laurschwartzia Blandin, 2007
Leonte Hübner, 1819
Megamede Hübner, 1819
Moepho Billberg, 1820
Pessonia Le Moult & Réal, 1962
Schwartzia Blandin, 1988
Homonyms
Morpho Fabricius, 1807
Morpho Hübner, 1819
Common names
Borboletas-azuis in Portuguese
Mariposas morfo in Spanish
Morfo in Czech
Morpho Butterflies in English
Morphofalter in German
Morphos in English
modrzak in Polish
Морфо in Russian
تتلی in Urdu
モルフォチョウ属 in Japanese
閃蝶屬 in Chinese

Bibliographic References

  1. CoL 2006
  2. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 137 On the Relative precedence to be Accorded to certain generic names published in 1807 by Fabricius and H?bner respectively for Identical genera in the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 2, 21-28 (1942)
  3. Mag. f. Insektenk. (Illiger), 6
  4. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  5. Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current).
  6. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
  7. SN2000/Munroe, 1982
  8. SN2000/Munroe, 1982
  9. as per family
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