Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly
by Sandra Huston
Title
Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly
Artist
Sandra Huston
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
"Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly" is an original fine art wildlife photograph by Sandra
Huston.
Honored to be featured in the following Fine Art America and Pixels.com groups:
* Animal Photographs - 12/27/17
* USA Photographers - 12/28/17
* New FAA Uploads - 2/4/18
* 10 Plus - 4/2/18
Morpho peleides, also the Peleides blue morpho, otherwise known as the common morpho or the emperor butterfly is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay and Trinidad. The brilliant blue color in the butterfly's wings is caused by the diffraction of the light from millions of tiny scales on its wings. It uses this to frighten away predators, by flashing its wings rapidly. The wingspan of the blue morpho butterfly ranges from 3.0–7.9 in. The entire blue morpho butterfly life cycle, from egg to adult is only 115 days. Morpho peleides drinks the juices from rotting fruits for food. Its favorites in captivity are mango, kiwi. From Wikipedia
I photographed this beautiful Peleides blue morpho butterfly at "The Butterfly Place", an indoor butterfly garden located in Westford, Massachusetts late in September. It's amazing that this butterfly has such a bright iridescent blue color on top but an earthy brown patterned underside with several eyes like that of the Owl butterflies. If you love butterflies like I do than you will have to visit this special indoor garden when you are in the New England area. Although smaller than "Magic Wings" it is still a beautiful indoor garden featuring butterflies from North, Central, South America and Asia.
Keywords include: Peleides Blue Morpho, emperor butterfly, butterfly, colorful wings, flying insects, invertebrate, Animalia kingdom, flora, garden, leaves, nature, Sandra Huston, original, wildlife photography, Maine artist, Native of North America, Native of Central America, Native of South America, Native of Asia, The Butterfly Place, Massachusetts, Butterfly Gardening, Conservation, Fine Art America featured artwork, Pixels.com.
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Comments (18)
Sandra Huston
Thank you Michelle Williamson, for choosing "Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is greatly appreciated!!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Stefano Senise, for the feature in the group: 10 Plus, honored and greatly appreciated!!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Giusepe Milo, for choosing "Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is greatly appreciated!!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Maria Angelica Maira, for choosing "Peleides Blue Morpho Butterfly" as one of your personal favorites, your vote is much appreciated!
Sandra Huston
Thank you Judy, for the feature in FAA's group: USA Photographers, honored and much appreciated!
Sandra Huston
Thank Bob, for the feature in the group: New FAA Uploads, honored and much appreciated!
Anita Faye
Sandra, gorgeous Blue Morpho! Featured on Groovy Butterflies Group! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
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