Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: Morpho aega

Picture of a butterfly, Morpho aega, at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

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A butterfly, Morpho aega, at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity. This pinned specimen is a mosaic gynandromorph – an aberration in which male and female cells are mixed together. In this mostly female specimen (which are normally orange-and-black) blue scales represent male cells.

Photo: The wing of a blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

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The wing of a blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity.

Photo: The chrysalis of a blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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The chrysalis of a blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Photo: A blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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A blue morpho butterfly (Morpho aega) at the Insectarium in New Orleans, Louisiana.

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