The blue mortho butterfly is the jewel of neotropical forests with the wingspan about 14 cm. When flying mostly in the lowest layer of the forest they flash their iridescent blue colour. When sitting they fold their wigs just seconds after landing, for this reason I had to exercise my patience in photographing their blue charm. In flight they are not very agile so it is easy to catch them. As always their beauty is their curse because people catch them for collectors around the world and their wings are used for decorations. The other side of their wings is dull and mostly brown so hey can camouflage themselves on bark.