| Morpho niepelti | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Morpho |
| Species: | M. niepelti |
| Binomial name | |
| Morpho niepelti Röber, 1927 | |
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Morpho niepelti is aNeotropicalbutterfly.
Morpho niepelti is a large butterfly. The forewings have a concave outer edge and the outer edge of the hindwing is very scalloped. The upperside is more or less dark blue with a very dark marginal band and a very dark strip that runs along two-thirds of the costal edge of the forewing. The underside is brown with a line ofocelli.
Morpho niepelti is anendemic species found only inColombia.
Morpho niepelti was described byJulius Röber in 1927 under the initial nameMorpho theseus staudingeri.
The name honoursFriedrich Wilhelm Niepelt.
