Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) is a animal in the Nymphalidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron is a nymphalid many-banded daggerwing found across the Americas, with Hodges number 4549.

Family
Genus
Marpesia
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron, commonly known as the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwing map butterflies that belongs to the family Nymphalidae. This species can be found in Central America, North America, and South America. Its MONA (also called Hodges) number is 4549.

Photo: (c) Mateo Hernandez Schmidt, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), uploaded by Mateo Hernandez Schmidt · cc-by-nc-sa

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Nymphalidae Marpesia

More from Nymphalidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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