Morpho didius

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Morpho didius
Dorsal view of male (MHNT)
Ventral view of same specimen
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Morpho
Species:	M. didius
Binomial name
Morpho didius Hopffer, 1874
Synonyms
Morpho didius f. incompta Talbot, 1929 Morpho didius hypanophthalma Niepelt, 1934 Morpho didius f. flavolimbata Niepelt, 1934 Morpho didius f. bipunctata Rousseau-Decelle, 1935 Morpho didius f. subrufa Rousseau-Decelle, 1935 Morpho didius didius f. albomarginalis Weber, 1951 Morpho (Grasseia) didius pseudassarpai Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. destituta Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. rubiginosa Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. decompta Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. decempunctata Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. nucleata Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. diluta Le Moultt & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius f. limbata Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. scopifera Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. atlas Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius f. caeca Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. nana Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) occidentalis kruegeri f. stygia Le Moult & Réal, 1962 Morpho (Grasseia) godarti [sic] assarpai f. coelicolor Le Moult & Réal, 1962

Morpho didius, the giant blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of family Nymphalidae. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho menelaus.