Marpesia furcula, the sunset daggerwing or glossy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Bolivia and Argentina. The habitat consists of evergreen rainforests at altitudes up to 1,400 meters.[2]
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| M. f. iole, Osa Peninsula, Costa Rica | |
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| M. f. oechalia, Cristalino River, Southern Amazon, Brazil | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Marpesia |
| Species: | M. furcula
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| Marpesia furcula | |
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Subspecies
edit- Marpesia furcula furcula (Jamaica)
- Marpesia furcula oechalia (Westwood, 1850) (Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil: Amazonas, Argentina)
- Marpesia furcula violetta (Hall, 1929) (western Ecuador)
References
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- ^ "Marpesia Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Butterflies of the Amazon and Andes
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