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Post by jonesy610 on Nov 14, 2016 3:42:04 GMT
Hello all,
I have just recently begun dabbling in morpho butterflies and I have received a pair labeled as morpho coerulescens. Is this a proper taxonomic identification, or what it its proper modern taxonomic name? I cannot find morpho coerulescens listed anywhere in my usual sources, I am coming up with nothing trying to figure this out. Any help at all would be very appreciated. Thanks
Andrew
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Post by deliasfanatic on Nov 14, 2016 4:11:40 GMT
I don't specialise in Morpho, but for my dabbling, I use the fairly recent taxonomy by Patrick Blandin. His list is here: www.patrickblandin.com/fr/zooms/10-publications/publications-autres/15-checklist-du-genre-morpho-fabricius-1807-His set of books is excellent, by the way. I've just checked, and "coerulescens" doesn't appear to be a valid name; it's likely just an artificial or invalid name used by dealers. Is your pair from Costa Rica? Google shows references to that name attached to CR specimens. If so, it's likely a subspecies of M. helenor in reality. There are multiple ssp from CR, but yours are probably limpida or marinita. |
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Post by jonesy610 on Nov 14, 2016 5:21:20 GMT
Thank you very much for the reply, I guess I should have gone with Blandin in the first place, looks like I will be renaming a bunch of others I thought I had figured the name out for. Yes, the pair is from costa rica, but goodness knows I will never be able to figure out which subspecies of helena lol.
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Post by timmsyrj on Nov 14, 2016 6:42:54 GMT
menelaus has a sub species coruleus.
Rich
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Post by wollastoni on Nov 14, 2016 8:20:18 GMT
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Post by jonesy610 on Nov 14, 2016 11:43:43 GMT
Here is a pic of the specimen... possibly just morpho helenor narcissus... again any ideas welcome  |
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