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

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Species

The genus includes the following species, listed alphabetically:"''Marpesia'' Hübner, 1818"
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Marpesia berania ''Marpesia berania'', the amber daggerwing, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. The species was Species description, first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1852. They are a brightly colored, Neotropical realm, Neotropical butterfly ...

'' (Hewitson, 1852) – amber daggerwing (Mexico, Colombia Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Honduras) * ''

Marpesia chiron ''Marpesia chiron'', the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the wor ...

'' (Fabricius, 1775) – many-banded daggerwing (southern United States, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico to Ecuador, Suriname) * '' Marpesia corinna'' (Latreille, 813 – Corinna daggerwing (Colombia, Peru) * '' Marpesia corita'' (Westwood, 1850) – orange-banded daggerwing (Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras) * '' Marpesia crethon'' (Fabricius, 1776) – Crethon daggerwing (Suriname, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela) * '' Marpesia egina'' (Bates, 1865) – Egina daggerwing (Brazil (Amazonas), Peru) * ''

Marpesia eleuchea ''Marpesia eleuchea'', the Antillean daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found in the Florida Keys. The wingspan is 67–83 mm. Adults feed on the nectar ...

'' Hübner, 1818 – Antillean daggerwing (Cuba, Bahamas, Dominican Republic, Antilles) * '' Marpesia furcula'' (Fabricius, 1793) – sunset daggerwing (Nicaragua, Panama, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil (Amazonas), Argentina) * ''

Marpesia harmonia ''Marpesia harmonia'', the pale daggerwing or Harmonia daggerwing, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in south-eastern Mexico and Guatemala Guatemala ( ; ), officially the Republic of Guatemala ( es, República de Guat ...

'' (Klug, 1836) – pale daggerwing or Harmonia daggerwing (Mexico) * ''

Marpesia livius In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse" ...

'' (Kirby, 1871) – Livius daggerwing (Mexico to Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) * ''

Marpesia marcella In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse" ...

'' (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – pansy daggerwing (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru) * ''

Marpesia merops In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse" ...

'' (Doyère, 840 – dappled daggerwing (Guatemala to Bolivia) * ''

Marpesia orsilochus ''Marpesia orsilochus'', the Orsilochus daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Suriname and Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the larges ...

'' (Fabricius, 1776) – Orsilochus daggerwing (Suriname, Brazil) * ''

Marpesia petreus ''Marpesia petreus'', the ruddy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays are found as far north as Arizona, Col ...

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– ruddy daggerwing (United States (Texas, Florida), Guadelope, Mexico) * ''

Marpesia themistocles In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse" ...

'' (Fabricius, 1793) – Norica daggerwing (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)) * ''

Marpesia tutelina In ancient Greek and Roman legendary history, Marpesia (Greek: Μαρπησία "Snatcher"; sometimes wrongly spelled Marthesia) was Queen of the Amazons with Lampedo ("burning torch"), her sister, as a co-ruler. They ruled with Hippo ("horse" ...

'' (Hewitson, 1852) – Tutelina daggerwing (Brazil (Amazonas)) * '' Marpesia zerynthia'' Hübner, 823/small> – waiter daggerwing (United States (Texas), Colombia, Peru, Ecuador Brazil (Bahia)) Many-banded daggerwing (Marpesia chiron).JPG, ''M. chiron''
southern Amazon, Brazil Many-banded daggerwing (Marpesia chiron) underside.JPG, ''M. chiron''
the Pantanal, Brazil Glossy daggerwing (Marpesia furcula) underside.JPG, ''M. furcala''
southern Amazon Orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus).JPG, ''M. orsilochus''
southern Amazon Orsilochus daggerwing (Marpesia orsilochus) underside.JPG, ''M. orsilochus''
southern Amazon

References

Cyrestinae Nymphalidae of South America Nymphalidae genera Taxa named by Jacob Hübner {{Nymphalidae-stub