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Genus Marpesia - Daggerwings

Ruddy Daggerwing caterpillar - Marpesia petreus

Ruddy Daggerwing - Marpesia petreus - female

Ruddy Daggerwing life cycle - Marpesia petreus - male

Black and White Ruddy Daggerwing Chrysalis - Marpesia petreus

Orange Long-tailed Butterfly - Marpesia petreus

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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

Contributed by Cotinis on 21 April, 2004 - 12:11am
Additional contributions by Mike Quinn, Abigail Parker
Last updated 24 November, 2015 - 8:23am

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