Will Minor Butterfly Collection ➔ Morpho Aega Butterfly - Will Minor Butterfly Collection
Historical artifact -- Specimen, Animal
Identifier:
E673Description
Lepidoptera specimen, pressed inside of an almost flat, square, plastic container. There is a raised "bubble" in the center of the plastic that houses the body of the specimen.Original label identifies the specimen as "[Male] Morpho Aega" and notes that it was collected near the Amazon River in Brazil.
The majority of one side of the specimen is iridescent-blue, edged in a dusty-brown with white details. The other side is patterned with different shades of light brown.