Marpesia chiron

Marpesia chiron
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Marpesia
Species:	M. chiron
Binomial name
Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.[1][2][3]

The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549.[4]

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Marpesia chiron:

• Marpesia chiron chiron
• Marpesia chiron insularis Fruhstorfer

References

1. "Marpesia chiron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
2. "Marpesia chiron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
3. "Marpesia chiron species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
4. "North American Moth Photographers Group, Marpesia chiron". Retrieved 2019-09-24.

Further reading

• Pohl, Greg; Patterson, Bob; Pelham, Jonathan (2016). Annotated taxonomic checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico (Report). doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.2186.3287.

External links

• Media related to Marpesia chiron at Wikimedia Commons