Morpho cisseis gahua PERU
£18.99 – £39.95
Cisseis Blue Morpho
Format: Unmounted, papered, wings folded, requires relaxing and setting
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Description
Description
Taxonomy Identification: Family, Morphini, First named by Blandin in 1988
Colour: Male: dark brown to black, with blue bar across all four wings. Occasional patterning on wing margins and some male forms have additional orange patches. Females are more orange and generally lack the blue. Underside (verso) brown with intricate silvery-cream patterns and eyespots.
Size: Wingspan 140-180mm
Comments & Applications: Huge Morpho butterfly, one of the largest butterflies in South America. Very popular with the trade for frames domes, artwork, photography, interior design and film
NOTE: Our stocks of this species are captive bred. The abdomens have been removed to avoid body fat leaching into the wings, a process known as leaching.
Format: Male. Unmounted, papered, requires relaxing and setting
More information: Wikipedia