Biology:Marpesia chiron

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Marpesia chiron
Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron) - Flickr - berniedup.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]

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

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron
Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Marpesia chiron:

  • Marpesia chiron chiron
  • Marpesia chiron insularis Fruhstorfer

References

Further reading

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3294688 entry