Morpho peleides (butterfly)

Abundance: 1.28 to 14.65% (median 6.78%)

Latitudinal range: 10.1° to 16.9°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (2)

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Found in 7 samples

Belize: Las Cuevas Research Station (San Pastor logged plot), Las Cuevas Research Station (San Pastor control plot)

Costa Rica: El Castillo (primary forest), El Castillo (border zone)

Mexico: San Fernando (site V)

Trinidad and Tobago: Trinity Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (semi-evergreen, undisturbed), Trinity Hills Wildlife Sanctuary (semi-evergreen, disturbed)

See also Morpho, Morpho aega, Morpho epistrophus, Morpho helenor, Morpho menelaus, Morpho polyphemus, Morpho sulkowskyi