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''Morpho sulkowskyi'', or Sulkowsky's morpho, is a
The color of a ''Morpho sulkowskyi'' is white with a holographic shine to them.
Both the presence of fluorescent pigments in their wings and the nanostructure of their wings are responsible for the iridescent fluorescence of ''M. sulkowskyi''. The major blue fluorescent pigment contributing to the fluorescence of ''M. sulkowskyi'' was found to be L-''erythro'' biopterin, along with minor components of pterin and isoxanthopterin.
"''Morpho'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Images of type and other specimens.
Fiebig
Photographs. *Butterfly discoverer: prince Maksymilian Sułkowski Morpho {{Morphinae-stub
Neotropical
The Neotropical realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms constituting Earth's land surface. Physically, it includes the tropical terrestrial ecoregions of the Americas and the entire South American temperate zone.
Definition
In bioge ...
butterfly. It is found in Colombia
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, Ecuador
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and Peru
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.
Habitat
''Morpho sulkowskyi'' is aTropical Andes
The Tropical Andes is northern of the three climate-delineated parts of the Andes, the others being the Dry Andes and the Wet Andes. The Tropical Andes' area spans .
Geography and ecology
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cloud forest
A cloud forest, also called a water forest, primas forest, or tropical montane cloud forest (TMCF), is a generally tropical or subtropical, evergreen, montane, moist forest characterized by a persistent, frequent or seasonal low-level cloud c ...
specialist (above 800 to 1,500 meters as high as 3500 meters). ''Morpho sulkowskyi'' and '' Morpho lympharis'' are the sole ''Morphos'' occupying this habitat.
Taxonomy
''Morpho sulkowskyi'' and ''Morpho lympharis'' may beconspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ ...
. There are several subspecies
In biological classification, subspecies is a rank below species, used for populations that live in different areas and vary in size, shape, or other physical characteristics (morphology), but that can successfully interbreed. Not all species ...
and many forms have been described.
Subspecies
*''Morpho sulkowskyi sulkowskyi'' V. Kollar, 1850 *''Morpho sulkowskyi hoppiana'' F.W. Niepelt, 1923 *''Morpho sulkowskyi selenaris'' E. Le Moult & P. Réal, 1962 *''Morpho sulkowskyi sirene'' F.W. Niepelt, 1911Similar species
It is very similar to, and maybeconspecific
Biological specificity is the tendency of a characteristic such as a behavior or a biochemical variation to occur in a particular species.
Biochemist Linus Pauling stated that "Biological specificity is the set of characteristics of living organ ...
with '' Morpho lympharis''.
Colors
The color of a ''Morpho sulkowskyi'' is white with a holographic shine to them.
Both the presence of fluorescent pigments in their wings and the nanostructure of their wings are responsible for the iridescent fluorescence of ''M. sulkowskyi''. The major blue fluorescent pigment contributing to the fluorescence of ''M. sulkowskyi'' was found to be L-''erythro'' biopterin, along with minor components of pterin and isoxanthopterin.
References
Further reading
* Le Moult (E.) & Réal (P.), 1962–1963. ''Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale'', Editions du cabinet entomologique E. Le Moult, Paris. *Paul Smart, 1976 ''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World in Color''. London, Salamander: ''Encyclopedie des papillons''. Lausanne, Elsevier Sequoia (French language edition) page 234 fig.1 (Brazil) and page 235 fig. 9 as ''ockendeni'' (Peru).External links
"''Morpho'' Fabricius, 1807"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Images of type and other specimens.
Fiebig
Photographs. *Butterfly discoverer: prince Maksymilian Sułkowski Morpho {{Morphinae-stub