Marpesia (butterfly)


Marpesia is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical and Nearctic realms.

Species

The genus includes the following species, listed alphabetically:Marpesia berania – amber daggerwing Marpesia chiron – many-banded daggerwing Marpesia corinna – Corinna daggerwing Marpesia corita – orange-banded daggerwing Marpesia crethon – Crethon daggerwing Marpesia egina – Egina daggerwing Marpesia eleuchea Hübner, 1818 – Antillean daggerwing Marpesia furcula – sunset daggerwing Marpesia harmonia – pale daggerwing or Harmonia daggerwing Marpesia livius – Livius daggerwing Marpesia marcella – pansy daggerwing Marpesia merops – dappled daggerwing Marpesia orsilochus – Orsilochus daggerwing Marpesia pantepuiana - Marpesia petreus – ruddy daggerwing Marpesia themistocles – Norica daggerwing Marpesia tutelina – Tutelina daggerwing Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, – waiter daggerwing, Colombia, Peru, Ecuador Brazil )