Marpesia is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical and Nearctic realms.
Species The genus includes the following species, listed alphabetically:"Marpesia Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life FormsJeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. . p.117. Marpesia berania (Hewitson, 1852) – amber daggerwing (Mexico, Colombia Ecuador, Brazil (Amazonas), Peru, Honduras) Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775) – many-banded daggerwing (southern United States, Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba, Mexico to Ecuador, Suriname) Marpesia corinna (Latreille, ) – 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 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 (Klug, 1836) – pale daggerwing or Harmonia daggerwing (Mexico) Marpesia livius (Kirby, 1871) – Livius daggerwing (Mexico to Panama, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador) Marpesia marcella (C. & R. Felder, 1861) – pansy daggerwing (Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru) Marpesia merops (Doyère, ) – dappled daggerwing (Guatemala to Bolivia) Marpesia orsilochus (Fabricius, 1776) – Orsilochus daggerwing (Suriname, Brazil) Marpesia pantepuiana (Costa, Attal & Viloria, 2016) - (Venezuela) Marpesia petreus (Cramer, ) – ruddy daggerwing (United States (Texas, Florida), Guadelope, Mexico) Marpesia themistocles (Fabricius, 1793) – Norica daggerwing (Ecuador, Peru, Brazil (Amazonas)) Marpesia tutelina (Hewitson, 1852) – Tutelina daggerwing (Brazil (Amazonas)) Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, – waiter daggerwing (United States (Texas), Colombia, Peru, Ecuador Brazil (Bahia))
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