Marpesia chiron

Marpesia chiron, the many-banded daggerwing, is a species of daggerwings, map butterflies in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Central America, North America, and South America.^[1][2][3]

Marpesia chiron
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Marpesia
Species:	M. chiron
Binomial name
Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)

The MONA or Hodges number for Marpesia chiron is 4549.^[4]

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Many-banded daggerwing, Marpesia chiron

Subspecies

These two subspecies belong to the species Marpesia chiron:

• Marpesia chiron chiron
• Marpesia chiron insularis Fruhstorfer