Iphimedeia

Morpho (Iphimedeia) telemachus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Morphini
Subtribus: Morphina
Genus: Morpho
Subgenus: Iphimedeia
Species (6): M. amphitryon – M. cisseis – M. hercules – M. niepelti – M. telemachus – M. theseus

Name

Iphimedeia Fruhstorfer, in Seitz 1912: 335

Type species: Papilio hercules Dalman, 1823 (by subsequent designation by Hemming, 1943)

References

• Seitz, A. 1910–1924. Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter. in Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 5: 3–1139, pls 1–194. Alfred Kernan, Stuttgart. Reference page. 
• Blandin, P. 2007. The systematics of the genus Morpho, Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, Morphinae). Hillside Books: Canterbury, United Kingdom. Reference page. 
• Blandin, P. & Lamas, G., 2006: Five new Peruvian subspecies of Morpho (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Morphinae). Revista Peruana de Entomologia, 45: 65–70. full article (pdf}. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.