| Morpho didius
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| Dorsal view of male (MHNT)
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| Ventral view of same specimen
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| Scientific classification
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Nymphalidae
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| Genus:
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Morpho
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| Species:
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M. didius
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| Binomial name
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Morpho didius
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| Synonyms
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- Morpho didius f. incompta Talbot, 1929
- Morpho didius hypanophthalma Niepelt, 1934
- Morpho didius f. flavolimbata Niepelt, 1934
- Morpho didius f. bipunctata Rousseau-Decelle, 1935
- Morpho didius f. subrufa Rousseau-Decelle, 1935
- Morpho didius didius f. albomarginalis Weber, 1951
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius pseudassarpai Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. destituta Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. rubiginosa Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. decompta Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. decempunctata Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. nucleata Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. diluta Le Moultt & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius f. limbata Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. scopifera Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. atlas Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius f. caeca Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) didius didius f. nana Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) occidentalis kruegeri f. stygia Le Moult & Réal, 1962
- Morpho (Grasseia) godarti [sic] assarpai f. coelicolor Le Moult & Réal, 1962
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Morpho didius, the metallic blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly belonging to the subfamily Morphinae of family Nymphalidae. It is considered, by some authors, to be a subspecies of Morpho menelaus.