It was the boy's dream to catch a mythical Blue Morpho butterfly, which Georges goes to great lengths to find in the vast jungles, even putting his and the boy's lives in danger.
Morpho | Blue Morpho | Morpho menelaus | Morpho thamyris | Morpho peleides | Morpho eugenia | Morpho (butterfly) |
Adults has been observed hilltopping with a several Morpho and Nymphalidae species.
Richard's Morpho (Morpho richardius) is a Neotropical butterfly found only in Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The Thamyris Morpho, Morpho thamyris, is a Neotropical butterfly found in Paraguay and Brazil (Santa Catarina, Mato Grosso, São Paulo, Rio Grande do Sul).
The upperside is dark iridescent blue, except for this it is very similar to Morpho eugenia and it has been placed as Morpho eugenia subspecies uraneis.
Morpho peleides/Peleides Blue Morpho, an iridescent tropical butterfly