Marpesia eleuchea
| Marpesia eleuchea | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Marpesia |
| Species: | M. eleuchea |
| Binomial name | |
| Marpesia eleuchea Hübner, 1818[1] | |
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Marpesia eleuchea, the Antillean daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found in the Florida Keys.
The wingspan is 67–83 mm. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Tournefortia, Cordia, Lantana, and Eupatorium species.[2]
The larvae feed on Ficus species.
Subspecies
Plate accompanying Jacob Hübner's original description
- Marpesia eleuchea eleuchea (Cuba)
- Marpesia eleuchea bahamensis Munroe, 1971 (Bahamas)
- Marpesia eleuchea dospassosi Munroe, 1971 (Dominican Republic)
- Marpesia eleuchea pellenis (Godart, [1824]) (Antilles)
References
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- ↑ "Marpesia Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Butterflies and Moths of North America
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