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Marpesia (butterfly)

Marpesia is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical and Nearctic realms.

Species

The genus includes the following species, listed alphabetically:

  • Marpesia berania <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small> – amber daggerwing (Mexico, Colombia Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Honduras)
  • Marpesia chiron <small>(Fabricius, 1775)</small> – many-banded daggerwing (southern United States, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico to Ecuador, Suriname)
  • Marpesia corinna <small>(Latreille, [1813])</small> – Corinna daggerwing (Colombia, Peru)
  • Marpesia corita <small>(Westwood, 1850)</small> – orange-banded daggerwing (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras)
  • Marpesia crethon <small>(Fabricius, 1776)</small> – Crethon daggerwing (Suriname, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela)
  • Marpesia egina <small>(Bates, 1865)</small> – Egina daggerwing (Brazil (Amazonas), Peru)
  • Marpesia eleuchea <small>Hübner, 1818</small> – Antillean daggerwing (Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Antilles)
  • Marpesia furcula <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> – sunset daggerwing (Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas), Argentina)
  • Marpesia harmonia <small>(Klug, 1836)</small> – pale daggerwing or Harmonia daggerwing (Mexico)
  • Marpesia livius <small>(Kirby, 1871)</small> – Livius daggerwing (Mexico to Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador)
  • Marpesia marcella <small>(C. & R. Felder, 1861)</small> – pansy daggerwing (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru)
  • Marpesia merops <small>(Doyère, [1840])</small> – dappled daggerwing (Guatemala to Bolivia)
  • Marpesia orsilochus <small>(Fabricius, 1776)</small> – Orsilochus daggerwing (Suriname, Brazil)
  • Marpesia pantepuiana <small>(Costa, Attal & Viloria, 2016)</small> - (Venezuela)
  • Marpesia petreus <small>(Cramer, [1776])</small> – ruddy daggerwing (United States (Texas, Florida), Guadelope, Mexico)
  • Marpesia themistocles <small>(Fabricius, 1793)</small> – Norica daggerwing (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Marpesia tutelina <small>(Hewitson, 1852)</small> – Tutelina daggerwing (Brazil (Amazonas))
  • Marpesia zerynthia <small>Hübner, [1823]</small> – waiter daggerwing (United States (Texas), Colombia, Peru, Ecuador Brazil (Bahia))

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