Blue Morpho
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| Morpho menelaus Linnaeus, 1758 |
The Blue Morpho (Morpho menelaus) is a beautifully iridescent tropical butterfly of the Central and South American regions.It has a wing span of 6 inches long. The adults drink juice from rotten fruit with their long probiscus which is like a sucking tube.The larvae eats plants at night. The larvae is red-brown in color with bright patches of lime-green.
