It is thought that the colour helps the males to mark their territories, and acts as a defence against predators. The blue morpho is often one of the species featured in Sensational Butterflies, an ...

When our first batch of blue morpho butterflies began to emerge from their chrysalises in 2015, we were there to catch the process on film. Each individual butterfly takes only one or two minutes to ...

“It’s very much a race against time,” he says. That’s because the approximately 200 blue morpho butterflies inside are in their chrysalis stage and only a couple of days from emerging. In the meantime ...

These butterflies all come in the stage of a chrysalis by plane. The Blue Morpho is known for its spectacular bright blue colour. (CBC) A: They are all absolutely amazing and beautiful ...

The blue morpho is one of the most beautiful butterflies in the world. It features deep blue wings ringed by small white dots ...

The blue morpho is the largest butterfly at 6 to 8 ... by scaring them with that bright blue flash of the wings.” Both butterflies come from tropical areas in Costa Rica and only live for ...

A group of Osaka University researchers has developed a novel design for daylight window panes inspired by the structure of the Morpho butterfly wings that shine in a brilliant blue. The pane ...

Known for its shimmering blue wings, the Morpho butterfly owes its brilliance not to pigments but to microscopic structures that manipulate light. Now, researchers are harnessing those same ...