Research And Describe Blue Morpho Or Morpho Peleieds

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Morpho Peleieds/Blue Morpho
In 1807, Johan Fabricius established Morpho genus to incorporate one of the largely known sets of Neotropical insects (Angel, 27). The Morpho organisms have from early times been identified with the big size and distinctive blue colors. Limited numbers of individuals forget their first view of the big dazzling blue morpho peleieds noticeably hovering in a forest, or solely conserved as samples in a collection. This paper discusses the Morpho peleieds butterfly to determine it features such as its taxonomy and ecology.
Taxonomy of Morpho Peleieds
Morpho Peleieds belongs to the butterflies and moths order known as Lepidoptera, insect class, and phylum of arthropods. Morpho peleieds is a big glittering Neotropical butterfly, which can simply glare or camouflage itself from several organisms due to its wings double coloration. This species have a wing width of 12.7-15.5cm (Angel, 28). The dorsal part of the wings contains a metallic blue surface color bordered with white dots and a black ensemble; the ventral part has different decorations which are brown with eyespots. The two scale layers that adorn the wing cause the coloration of the wings. As light goes across the tiny lamellae, all wavelengths except those in the blue area are absorbed causing the reflected light to be seen as a radiant blue. A little sexual dimorphism during coloration of wings, size and shape, and the males being smaller than the females, characterize the species. Morpho peleiedes species are largely diversified with over twenty subspecies. Morpho peleiedes insularis (emperor butterfly) is the sole subspecies found in Trinidad & Tobago. This species is also widespread over Paraguay, South America, Mexico, Central America, and prevalent in Trinidad & Tobago (Angel, 35).
Level of Organization and Development
The life cycle of Morpho peleiedes begins with eggs that are small (around 1-2 millimeters in diameter), even, semicircular, and laid on the top part of host plant’s leaf (Young 94). The bright green eggs have a band of little brown dots close to the upper part. The egg phase approximately lasts between seven to sixteen days, according to the subspecies (Young 94). The second phase is the larvae phase that has 5 molts. Every instar of the larvae phase is characterized by feeding at nightfall and dawn. Moreover, the larvae remain immobile when not consuming. Studies reveal that after hatching, the larvae develops beginning 5.25 millimeters to 93 millimeters in measurement during the fifth instar, and other research showed that the larvae can develop up to 74.1 millimeter the final instar (Young 94). However, geographical location and type of subspecies determine the maximum growth size and growth rate. During the initial three molts, the width of the head exceeds the physique thickness as the head shell turns maroon in pigment and concealed with furs. During the initial molts, the physique is a bright green-yellow, reddish purple spots, red and snowy sets of hair tassels. Other white tuft hairs that stretch from the extremes of the body falling near the leaf exterior might enable to mask the maggot by opening the shell. During the fifth molt, t...