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Morphos, Evening Browns, Owls and allies

Insecta - Lepidoptera - Ditrysia - Papilionoidea - Nymphalidae - Satyrinae -
Brassolini / Morphini / Melantini / Dirini / Haeterini

This room displays photos of Satyrinae Butterflies excluding Elymniini, Zetherini and Amathusiini, and Satyrini. The group contains Morphos, Evening Browns and Owls. For Amathusiini butterflies, which are often considered as related to Morphos, are moved to Palmflies and Palm Kings.

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Evening Brown [1], Usuiro Konomachô or Melanitis leda bankia. photo: 08/2003, Fogg Dam, NT, Australia.
Morpho amathonte [1][2], probably. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname. Morpho achilles [1][2][3], probably. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.

Pierella sp. [1][2]. photo: 08/2004, Brownsberg, Suriname.
Caerois chorinaeus. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.
Pierella sp.. photo: 08/2004, Voltzberg, Suriname.

Dark Evening Brown [1], Melanitis phedima polishana or Kuro Konomachô. photo: 06/2005, Huisun Forest Station, Taiwan. Evening Brown [2][3], Usuiro Konomacho or Melanitis leda leda. photo: 07/2006, Okinawa, Japan. Dark Evening Brown [2], Melanitis phedima ganapati or Kuro Konomachô. photo: 08/2006, Doi Angkhang, Thailand.

Dark Evening Brown [3], Melanitis phedima abdullae or Kuro Konomacho. photo: 08/2006, Doi Inthanon, Thailand. back to upper category


exhibition rooms in this sector :

hymenoptera : sawflies | bees and digger wasps | ants | hornets | ichneumon wasps | other wasps
lepidoptera : inchworm moths || noctuid moths || hawk-moths || snout moths || other moths || swallowtails || whites || blues | riodinids || tigers & crows | palmflies & palm kings | morphos & evening browns | ringlets & treebrowns | Biblidinae | admirals & emperors | pansies & oak leaves | heliconiinae | sailers & gliders | other nymphalids || skippers || unidentified lepidopterans
diptera : true flies | mosquitoes and crane flies
coleoptera : ground beetles | scarabs | click beetles | lady beetles | leaf beetles | weevils | others
hemiptera : aphids & scales || cicadas & leafhoppers || aquatic bugs | assassin bugs | stink bugs
orthoptera : crickets | grasshoppers
dictyoptera : praying mantis | cockroaches | termites
odonata : dragonflies | damselflies
other group : other insects


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