Marpesia (butterfly)
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Marpesia is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...
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Species
- Marpesia berania (Hewitson, 1852)
- Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)
- Marpesia corinna (Latreille, [1813])
- Marpesia corita (Westwood, 1850)
- Marpesia crethon (Fabricius, 1776)
- Marpesia egina (Bates, 1865)
- Marpesia eleucheaMarpesia eleucheaThe Antillean Daggerwing is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found on Florida Keys.The wingspan is 67-83 mm...
Hübner, 1818 - Marpesia furcula (Fabricius, 1793)
- Marpesia harmoniaMarpesia harmoniaThe Pale Daggerwing or Harmonia Daggerwing is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in south-eastern Mexico and Guatemala....
(Klug, 1836) - Marpesia livius (Kirby, 1871)
- Marpesia marcella (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
- Marpesia merops (Doyère, [1840])
- Marpesia orsilochus (Fabricius, 1776)
- Marpesia petreusMarpesia petreusThe Ruddy Daggerwing, Marpesia petreus, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays north to Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and South Texas.The wingspan is 70–95 mm.The...
(Cramer, [1776]) - Marpesia themistocles (Fabricius, 1793)
- Marpesia tutelina (Hewitson, 1852)
- Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, [1823]