This species is the popular blue morpho butterfly, Morpho peleides, which has a distinctive eye pattern on its outer wing and an iridescent blue-purple colour on its inner wing.

Exotic butterflies like the Malachite (Siproeta stelenes) and Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) are also fluttering in the pavilion space. Museum educators are stationed inside the Butterfly Pavilion ...

Gleaming in the air, the iridescent blue morpho protects itself from predators using the power of light. Native to the rainforests of Mexico, Central America and South America, this bright blue ...