Godart's morpho butterfly
The vivid iridescent wings of Morpho butterflies are an awesome sight when they catch the sun light. This butterfly was part of Major Gay’s collection and was collected in Bolivia.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 57/1946/4
- Category
- Natural History
- Collection Class
- Arthropods
- Collection Area Region
- South America
- Collector Excavator
- Gay, Major Arthur Bertie (from the collection of)
- Common Name
- Godart's morpho butterfly
- Simple Name
- insect: butterfly