Morpho menelaus butterfly
| Description: |
This brightly colored butterfly can be found in rainforests of South America. The Blue Morpho is well known to collectors because of it’s brilliant blue color. The color comes from tiny iridescent, or rainbow-like in color, scales that cover the butterfly’s wings. Pilots flying over the rainforest can occasionally see brief flashes of blue as these butterflies travel above the forest canopy. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1285 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Morpho Butterflies Insects Butterflies -- South America |
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