Biology:Marpesia furcula

Short description: Species of butterfly

Marpesia furcula
M. f. iole, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica
M. f. oechalia, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Marpesia
Species:	M. furcula
Binomial name
Marpesia furcula (Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Papilio furcula Fabricius, 1793 Papilio iole Drury, 1782 Papilio jole Stoll, 1790 (preocc. Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Marpesia zosteria Hübner, [1819] Timetes furcula oechalia Westwood, 1850 Timetes hermione C. & R. Felder, 1861 Timetes heraldicus Bates, 1865 Timetes funestis Butler, 1869 Megalura iole argentina Martin, [1923] Megalura hermione peruura Bryk, 1953

Marpesia furcula, the sunset daggerwing or glossy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina . The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests at altitudes up to 1,400 meters.

There are two distinct forms, the orange form oechalia and the form iole which has an intense iridescent purple sheen overlaying the golden-orange basal area.

Subspecies

• Marpesia furcula furcula (Jamaica)
• Marpesia furcula oechalia (Westwood, 1850) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Argentina)
• Marpesia furcula violetta (Hall, 1929) (western Ecuador)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3294699 entry