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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Marpesia |
| Species: | M. chiron
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| Binomial name | |
| Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)
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The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549.[4]
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Subspecies
editThese two subspecies belong to the species Marpesia chiron:
- Marpesia chiron chiron
- Marpesia chiron insularis Fruhstorfer
References
edit- ^ "Marpesia chiron Report". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Marpesia chiron". GBIF. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "Marpesia chiron species Information". BugGuide.net. Retrieved 2019-09-24.
- ^ "North American Moth Photographers Group, Marpesia chiron". Retrieved 2019-09-24.
Further reading
edit- 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
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