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subspecies
Morpho menelaus amathonte Deyrolle, 1860
| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| species | Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus, 1758) ! |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 - bilaterians |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda Gravenhorst, 1843 - arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 - hexapods |
| class | Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects |
| subclass | Pterygota Lang, 1888 |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| cohors | Endopterygota Sharp, 1898 |
| order | Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies and moths |
| suborder | Glossata Fabricius, 1775 |
| infraorder | Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918 |
| falanga | Ditrysia Börner, 1925 |
| superfamily | Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| family | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 - brushfoots |
| subfamily | Satyrinae Boisduval, 1833 - satyrs and wood-nymphs |
| tribus | Morphini Newman, 1834 - morphos and owl butterflies |
| subtribus | Morphina Newman, 1834 |
| genus | Morpho Fabricius, 1807 |
| subgenus | Grasseia Le Moult & Réal, 1962 |
| species | Morpho menelaus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| subspecies | Morpho menelaus amathonte Deyrolle, 1860 |