#menelaus blue morpho

[have-you-seen-this-animal]

Blue morpho butterfly

Have you seen the Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus)?

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Voting ended onAug 22, 2025

It was hard to find a photo of these butterflies showing off both sides of the wings, but this one is really good. There are many other species that look incredibly similar to this one, so watch out!

[midnightproser]

Morpho Menelaus, Pieris Rapae, Papilio Helenus, and Papilio Paris

[cotty150]

Aquí haciendo dibujos de animales normales hechos a mi estilo. 🐦🐿🐁🐢🦋🦝

Zorzal austral (Turdus falcklandii)

Ardilla de Abert (Sciurus aberti)

Ratón doméstico (Mus musculus)

Tortuga de espolones africana (Centrochelys sulcata)

Mariposa morfo azul (Morpho menelaus)

Mapache (Procyon lotor)

[heliphantie]

«My Family and Other Animals» (G. Durrell)

Feliz Сumpleaños, Tonito!

This art is final installment in this impromptu mini-series.

Some notes:

Scales of animals aren’t accurate, because it’s a fantasy, I allowed myself an artistic license.

Blue butterflies shown in the movie and promo images are indeed one of many Colombian butterfly species, called Menelaus blue morpho (aka mariposa morfo azul). Based on pattern, it’s also female ones. (First image: male; second image: female.)

Here’s a reference to old concept sketches to the movie, in which Camilo could turn into animals and shown to take appearance of capy.

Also, I flubbed at first, identifying a pigeon species (representing Alma – К.O.) as ruddy pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea), and had to fix it. It’s a very similar and actually native to Colombia short-billed pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris), and it’s as close to ‘mourning dove’ as I could get.

[cool-critters]

Menelaus blue morpho (Morpho menelaus)

The Menelaus blue morpho is one of thirty species of butterfly in the subfamily Morphinae. Its wingspan is approximately 12 cm, and its dorsal forewings and hindwings are a bright, iridescent blue edged with black, while the ventral surfaces are brown. Its iridescent wings are an area of interest in research because of its unique microstructure. Deforestation remains the main threat to the survival of this species.This neotropical butterfly is found in Central and South America, including the Cerrado which is a vast tropical savanna in Brazil. Other locations include Mexico and Venezuela.Females inhabit the forest understory and perch on tree stumps, but are found near the tree tops when it is time to lay eggs. Both sexes have a slow and floppy flight pattern and feed on rotting fruit that has dropped to the ground.

photo credits: Derkarts, p.gibellini,emills1

[evilweasel-cosplay]

Made some friends 💜🦋✨

[evilweasel-cosplay]

Some more pictures of Georgie and his butterfly friends! 💚💐✨

The large butterfly is a menelaus blue morpho, the brown one is a common buckeye, and the little black guy is an atala butterfly! 🖤🦋💙🌸

[saatkontor]

Blauer Menelaus Morpho Schmetterling / Menelaus blue morpho butterfly(Morpho menelaus)