Marpesia zerynthia
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| Marpesia zerynthia | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Marpesia |
| Species: | M. zerynthia |
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| Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, [1823][1] | |
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The Waiter Daggerwing (Marpesia zerynthia) is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found from Texas to Bolivia. The habitat consists of deciduous and evergreen forests.[2]
Plate accompanying Hübner's oroginal description
Subspecies
- Marpesia zerynthia zerynthia (Brazil: Bahia)
- Marpesia zerynthia dentigera (Fruhstorfer, 1907) (Texas to Colombia, Peru and possibly Ecuador)
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