A Blue Morpho butterfly rests on the leg of Lisa's pants at the Springs Preserve Butterfly Habitat in Las Vegas on Monday, April 17, 2017. Miranda Alam Las Vegas Review-Journal @miranda_alam A ...

Morpho butterflies are emblematic species of the Amazonian rainforest known for their metallic shades of blue and green ... species co-occur in the same habitat - that is, they live in “sympatry ...

The morpho butterfly appears blue but it isn't actually. It looks blue not because of pigment but because of some very fancy scales on its wings. in the animal kingdom. Oh, also, the morpho ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...

The morpho butterfly flashes perhaps the most stunning blue in the animal kingdom. But here's the weird bit: That's no pigment. It's actually a trick of light, thanks to some fancy nano-level ...

Structural color is why we perceive the Morpho butterfly, a dazzling type of blue butterfly found in South America, Mexico and Central America, as bright blue, along with peacock feathers, iridescent ...

While habitat loss and collection can threaten local populations, the Blue Morpho is not currently classified as endangered The island marble butterfly (Euchloe ausonides insulanus) is endemic to ...

Morpho butterflies are a breed of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho ... They have metallic colors, winged with glimmering green and blue spooks, particularly on the upper wing segment.