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Genus Marpesia - Daggerwings

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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Papilionoidea (Butterflies and Skippers)
Family Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Subfamily Cyrestinae (Daggerwings, Map Butterflies)
Genus Marpesia (Daggerwings)
Explanation of Names
Marpesia zerynthia
Marpesia chiron
Marpesia petreus
Marpesia eleuchea
Numbers
4 spp. in US, mostly as strays
Range
Neotropical