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title: "Common Morpho"
description: "Morpho helenor — Insecten en spinnen. Morpho helenor, also known as the Helenor blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found throughout Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/common-morpho
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Common Morpho

> Morpho helenor — Insecten en spinnen. Morpho helenor, also known as the Helenor blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found throughout Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina.

- Scientific name: *Morpho helenor*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos), `jungle` (Jungle)
- iNaturalist observations: 13420
- Wikidata: [Q3324340](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3324340)
- iNaturalist taxon: [81741](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/81741)

## Names

- en: Common Morpho
- de: Blauer Morphofalter
- es: Mariposa Morfo azul común
- fr: Morpho bleu

## Countries with the most observations

CR (2245), BR (1899), MX (1238), PA (508), CO (426), AR (371), EC (205), HN (199), TT (152), NI (136), BZ (121), PE (121)

## Summary

Morpho helenor, also known as the Helenor blue morpho or common blue morpho, is a Neotropical butterfly found throughout Central and South America from Mexico to Argentina. It is a species group that may or may not be several species. Many subspecies have been described.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morpho_helenor

## Photo

![Common Morpho](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-morpho/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/255775800

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-morpho?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).