Morpho telemachus

Morpho (Iphimedeia) telemachus telemachus ♂

Morpho (Iphimedeia) telemachus 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: Morpho telemachus
Subspecies: M. (I.) t. iphiclus – M. (I.) t. lilianae – M. (I.) t. telemachus

Name

Morpho telemachus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms

• Papilio telemachus Linnaeus, 1758
• Papilio perseus Cramer, 1775; (preocc. Fabricius, 1775), TL: Surinam
• Papilio metellus Cramer, 1779; , TL: Surinam
• Leonte telemache Hübner, [1819]; (emend.)
• Morpho scipio C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867; , TL: Brazil
• Morpho crameri Kirby, 1871; (repl. name), TL: Surinam
• Morpho perseus demararae Kaye, 1919; , TL: Guyana
• Morpho perseus perseus ab. ebeninus Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus perseus ab. aureovirescens Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus perseus ab. marquei Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus ab. pseudohecuba Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus ab. semiperseus Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus ab. pumilus Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus perseus ab. subscipio Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho perseus perseus ab. felderi Le Moult, 1926; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho (Iphimedeia) f. violetta Le Moult & Réal, 1962; , TL: French Guiana
• Morpho (Iphimedeia) f. pseudocaius Le Moult & Réal, 1962; , TL: Guyana
• Morpho (Iphimedeia) f. viridiaurea Le Moult & Réal, 1962; , TL: Venezuela

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 463 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera'; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea

Links

• ZooBank: 5A2FCC8C-4106-4F13-85D3-7915E73977AE