Marpesia chiron

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Marpesia chiron
Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron) - Flickr - berniedup.jpg
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Marpesia
Species:
M. chiron
Binomial name
Marpesia chiron
(Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America. [1] [2] [3]

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The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549. [4]

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron Many-banded daggerwing (Marpesia chiron) underside.JPG
Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron
Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron Many-banded Daggerwing - Flickr - treegrow.jpg
Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Marpesia chiron:

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References

  1. "Marpesia chiron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  2. "Marpesia chiron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
  3. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Marpesia chiron" . Retrieved 2019-09-24.

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