Morpho epistrophus catenaria

Taxonavigation

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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: Pessonia
Species: M. athena – M. epistrophus – M. polyphemus

Name

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Pessonia Le Moult & Réal, 1962: 187

Type species: Papilio catenaria Perry, 1811 = (Morpho epistrophus catenaria)

References

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Primary references

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  • Le Moult, E. & Réal, P. 1962. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale. Tome I: Historique; Morphologie; Systematique. Editions du Cabinet Entomologique Le Moult; Paris. 296 pp. Reference page

Additional references

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  • Blandin, P. 2007. The genus Morpho (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae). Part 3: addenda to part 1 and part 2 & the subgenera Pessonia, Grasseia, and Morpho. Hillside Books: Canterbury, United Kingdom. Reference page
  • Blandin, P. 2007. The systematics of the genus Morpho, Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, Morphinae). Hillside Books: Canterbury, United Kingdom. Reference page