MORPHO HELENOR- I 7~> 
low, enclosed in a green circle which has a crescent 
of the same colour on the inner side ; under wings 
with four similar ocelli, three of them contiguous, 
the interior one insulated. Towards the base of 
both wings are several transverse flexuose green 
stripes, and along the outer edge three greyish lines, 
more or less interrupted with red, especially in the 
hinder wings. The body is black above and brown 
beneath. 
In the variety figured there are a few yellow 
streaks on the under side of the anterior wings, and 
a red stripe at the base of each wing ; at the same 
time the three posterior ocelli are prolonged into a 
point, and a spurious ocellus is observable adjoining 
the anterior one. 
Found not unfrequently in many countries of 
South America. 
