Marpesia petreus

Marpesia petreus, the ruddy daggerwing, is a species of butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is found in Brazil north through Central America, Mexico, and the West Indies to southern Florida. Strays are found as far north as Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas, and southern Texas.^[1]

Illustration accompanying the original description in Uitlandsche Kapellen D, E

Ruddy daggerwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Marpesia
Species:	M. petreus
Binomial name
Marpesia petreus (Cramer, 1776)

The wingspan is 70–95 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Ficus carica, Ficus pumila, and Ficus citrifolia. ^[2]