Butterflies of Monteverde |
Nymphalidae: Morphinae & Brassolinae - Morphos and Owls |
| The species below have been recorded from the Monteverde region, above 700 m elevation in the Cordillera de Tilarán. The scientific names follow DeVries (1987).* |
| Morphinae Antirrhea miltiades (Fabricius) Antirrhea pterocopha Godman & Salvin Morpho granadensis polybaptus Butler Morpho peleides limpida Butler Morpho polyphemus catarina Corea and Chacon Morpho theseus aquarius Butler Brassolinae Brassolis isthmia Bates Caligo atreus dionysos Fruhstorfer Caligo eurilochus sulanus Fruhstorfer Caligo memnon memnon (Felder & Felder) Catoblepia orgetorix championi Bristow Eryphanis aesacus buboculus (Butler) Eryphanis polyxena lycomedon (Felder) Opoptera staudingeri (Godman & Salvin) Opsiphanes bogatanus Distant Opsiphanes cassina fabricii (Boisduval) Opsiphanes quiteria quirinus Godman & Salvin |
| * DeVries, P. J. 1987. The Butterflies of Costa Rica and their Natural History. Vol. I. Papilionidae, Pieridae, Nymphalidae. Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A. |
|