Marpesia (butterfly)

Marpesia
Marpesia zerinthia in Andes mountains, Venezuela.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Cyrestinae
Genus: Marpesia
Hübner, 1818[1]
Species

See text

Synonyms
  • Athena Hübner, [1819]
  • Euglyphus Billberg, 1820
  • Marius Swainson, [1830]
  • Petreus Swainson, [1833]
  • Megalura Blanchard, 1840
  • Timetes Doubleday, 1844
  • Tymetes Doyère, [1840]
  • Tymetes Boisduval, [1846]
  • Timetes Boisduval, 1870 (preocc. Timetes Doubleday, 1844)
  • Eumargareta Grote, 1898

Marpesia is a butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Neotropic ecozone and the Nearctic ecozone.

Species

Listed alphabetically.[1][2][3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Marpesia, funet.fi
  2. Jeffrey Glassberg (2007). A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-4243-0915-3. p.117.
  3. Learn About Butterflies

External links

Data related to Marpesia at Wikispecies
Media related to Marpesia at Wikimedia Commons