Blue Morpho Butterfly, Wings Closed
by Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Title
Blue Morpho Butterfly, Wings Closed
Artist
Venetia Featherstone-Witty
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
The morpho butterflies comprise many species of Neotropical butterfly under the genus Morpho. This genus includes over 29 accepted species and 147 accepted subspecies, found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America. Morpho wingspans range from 7.5 cm for M. rhodopteron to 20 cm for M. Hecuba, the imposing sunset morpho. The name morpho, meaning "changed" or "modified", is also an epithet.
Many morpho butterflies are colored in metallic, shimmering shades of blues and greens. These colors are not a result of pigmentation but are an example of iridescence through structural coloration. Specifically, the microscopic scales covering the Morpho's wings reflect incident light repeatedly at successive layers, leading to interference effects that depend on both wavelength and angle of incidence/observance.
FEATURED 8/28/18 in "Macro Marvels"
FEATURED 8/29/18 in "Groovy Butterflies"
FEATURED 8/28/18 in "Macro Photography"
FEATURED 8/30/18 in "Animals and Birds in the Wild"
FEATURED 8/30/18 in "Images That Excite You"
FEATURED 8/30/18 in "Visions of Spring, Glimpses of Summer"
FEATURED 8/31/18 in "FAA Portrait Gallery"
FEATURED 9/4/18 in "Pin Me Daily"
FEATURED 9/5/18 in "Wildlife One A Day"
FEATURED 9/4/18 in "Visions of Spring, Glimpses of Summer"
FEATURED 3/31/19 in "Pure Nature Photography"
FEATURED 4/4/19 in "Animal Photographs"
FEATURED 4/5/19 in "Lady Photographers"
FEATURED 4/15/19 in "Groovy Butterflies"
FEATURED 1/13/24 in "Wonder of Wings"
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Comments (12)
Christopher James
Congratulation.....your wonderful work has been featured in the 1000 Views on 1 Image Group ..... Feel free to place your featured image in the Features Archive and any Genre specific Archive l/f/p
Venetia Featherstone-Witty replied:
Thank you Christopher - added to the group discussion for features!
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Blue Morpho Butterfly composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! Congratulations on your very deserving features! F/L
Dylyce Clarke
Congratulations, your picture has been FEATURED on the home page in the group WONDER OF WINGS on January 13, 2024. You are invited to add this featured image to the group discussion page "FEATURES ARCHIVE Jan-April 2024.”
Anita Faye
Venetia, happy to feature your beautiful work on Groovy Butterflies 4/15/19! https://fineartamerica.com/groups/groovy-butterflies.html
Dawn Currie
Congratulations on your feature in our group, Pure Nature Photography - celebrating the best of our natural world! You are invited to archive it in the 2019 Pure Nature Photography Featured Work Archive discussion thread for longer lasting visibility.
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
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