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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Butterflies (excluding skippers) (Papilionoidea) » Brushfooted Butterflies (Nymphalidae) » Daggerwings, Map Butterflies (Cyrestinae) » Daggerwings (Marpesia) » Many-banded Daggerwing (Marpesia chiron)

Species Marpesia chiron - Many-banded Daggerwing

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Bentsen Many-banded Daggerwing - Marpesia chiron Bentsen Many-banded Daggerwing, upperside view - Marpesia chiron Bentsen Many-banded Daggerwing, underwing view - Marpesia chiron
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies (excluding skippers))
Family Nymphalidae (Brushfooted Butterflies)
Subfamily Cyrestinae (Daggerwings, Map Butterflies)
Genus Marpesia (Daggerwings)
Species chiron (Many-banded Daggerwing)
Range
West Indies and Mexico south to Argentina. Rare stray to south Texas, very rare to Florida and Arizona, one record from Kansas.
Food
Adults feed on nectar. Larval host plants are in the fig family (Moraceae).
Internet References
BAMONA

NABA-South Texas
Contributed by Joshua Stuart Rose on 16 July, 2009 - 7:10am

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