Blue Morpho Butterfly - Earth.com Blue Morpho Butterfly

This genus is found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America. Morpho butterflies are colored in metallic, shimmering shades of blues and greens. These colors are not a result of pigmentation, but are an example of iridescence through structural coloration. Specifically, the microscopic scales covering the morpho’s wings reflect incident light repeatedly at successive layers, leading to interference effects that depend on both wavelength and angle of incidence/observance.

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