Pessonia

Morpho epistrophus catenaria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Morphinae
Tribus: Morphini
Subtribus: Morphina
Genus: Morpho
Subgenus: Pessonia
Species: M. athena – M. epistrophus – M. polyphemus

Name

Pessonia Le Moult & Réal, 1962: 187

Type species: Papilio catenaria Perry, 1811 = (Morpho epistrophus catenaria)

References

Primary references

• Le Moult, E. & Réal, P. 1962. Les Morpho d'Amérique du Sud et Centrale. Tome I: Historique; Morphologie; Systematique. Editions du Cabinet Entomologique Le Moult; Paris. 296 pp. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Blandin, P. 2007. The genus Morpho (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae). Part 3: addenda to part 1 and part 2 & the subgenera Pessonia, Grasseia, and Morpho. Hillside Books: Canterbury, United Kingdom. Reference page. 
• Blandin, P. 2007. The systematics of the genus Morpho, Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae, Morphinae). Hillside Books: Canterbury, United Kingdom. Reference page.