Blue morpho butterfly

Key facts

• Blue morpho butterfly lives in Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Costa Rica.
• Group: Insects and bugs.
• It weighs about 400 mg.
• A typical adult is about 15 cm (5.91 in) long.
• It lives about 110 days.
• Diet: herbivore.
• Habitat: rainforest.
• Tiny scales on a blue morpho's wings bounce light around so that we see blue, even though there is no blue colour in them.