Marpesia chiron

Marpesia chiron
Scientific classification
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.

The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549.

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

  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.

Further reading