This research presents a detailed study of the morphology of the head of adult in both sexes of the south Brazilian species of the Morphinae subfamily (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae), as mentioned below: Morpho helenor violaceus Fruhstorfer, 1912; Iphimedeia hercules (Dalman, 1823); Iphixibia anaxibia (Esper, 1801); Cytheritis portis thamyris (Felder & Felder, 1867); Cytheritis aega (Huebner, 1822); Pessonia catenaria (Perry, 1811); Grasseia menelaus nestira (Huebner, 1821).
Nymphalidae; Morphinae; morphology; head