Ingo Arndt / Close-up of eyes on wing of Common Morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) Costa Rica

John Cancalosi / Adult Common morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) emerging from chrysalis, Costa Rica. Sequence 1/4.

Stephen Dalton / Blue morpho (Morpho peleides) in flight, controlled conditions, from South America

Stephen Dalton / Common morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) in flight, from Venezuelan cloudforest, controlled conditions

Stephen Dalton / Common morpho butterfly (Morpho peleides) in flight, from South America

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly wing with false eyespots, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) caterpillar hatching out of egg, Costa Rica

Ingo Arndt / Blue Morpho (Morpho peleides) butterfly egg, Costa Rica

Nick Garbutt / Morpho butterfly {Morpho achilles} displaying in rainforest understorey, nr Napo river, Amazonia, Ecuador

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Morpho butterfly {Morpho deidamia} Amazonia, Brazil

Luiz Claudio Marigo / Gregarious caterpillars of Morpho butterfly {Morpho hercules} Brazil