Morpho deidamia (Hübner, [1819])

Common Name:
Deidamia Morpho

Synonyms:

Leonte deidamia (Hübner,  [1819])

Natural History:

At Neotropics are registered 12 subspecies of Morpho deidamia (Lamas, 2004). The ventral surface of the wings shows variations in the drawings, diversifying the characteristic pattern, and several of these forms were collected in central Amazonia. It's a species of understory and can be collected in traps fruit in sparse periods (from April to November). Males and females are attracted to fermented fruit.

Distribution:
Bolivia; Brasil; Colombia; Costa Rica; Ecuador; Nicaragua; Panamá; Perú; Suriname; Venezuela

Feeding Adult:

Adults feed on rotten fruit

Feeding Caterpillars:

In Beccaloni et al. (2008) are compiled as host-plants:

Leguminosae-Mimosoideae: Inga sp., Inga laurina, Zygia latifolia

Leguminosae - Papilionoideae: Machaerium seemannii

Palmae: Iriartea deltoidea

Color:
blue, brown, white, metallic

Habitat:
forest

Publications:

Lamas G. (2004):

Atlas of neotropical Lepidoptera - Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. Book.: 1-439

Beccaloni G.W, Viloria A.L., Hall S.K., Robinson G.S. (2008):

Catalogue of the hostplants of the Neotropical butterflies. Book., London, S.E.A., Ribes, CYTED, Natural History Museum, IVIC: 1-536