Closeup of a Blue Morpho butterfly. Butterfly Lightbox: http://www.dreamstime.com/lightbox_det.php?id=287094 A Morpho butterfly may be one of over 80 species of the genus Morpho. They are Neotropical butterflies found mostly in South America as well as Mexico and Central America Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked): Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Nymphalidae Subfamily: Morphinae Tribe: Morphini Genus: Morpho