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Marpesia Hübner 1818

Andrew V. Z. Brower

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Marpesia berania
Marpesia chiron
Marpesia corinna
Marpesia corita
Marpesia crethon
Marpesia egina
Marpesia eleuchea
Marpesia furcula
Marpesia harmonia
Marpesia livius
Marpesia marcella
Marpesia merops
Marpesia orsilochus
Marpesia petreus
Marpesia themistocles
Marpesia tutelina
Marpesia zerynthia

Containing group: Cyrestinae

Introduction

Marpesia is primarily neotropical, with a few species reaching to the southern U. S.

Adults are frequently found attending puddles in large numbers, and when approached burst into extremely rapid and erratic flight. Most species have long and fragile "tails" on their hindwings.

Other Names for Marpesia Hübner 1818

Athena Hübner 1819 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Euglyphus Billberg 1820 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Marius Swainson 1830 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Petreus Swainson 1833 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Megalura Blanchard 1840 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Tymetes Doyère 1840 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Timetes Doubleday 1845 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym
Timetes Boisduval 1870 junior homonym of Timetes Doubleday 1845
Eumargareta Grote 1898 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym

References

Lamas G ed. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.

Title Illustrations

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Scientific Name	Marpesia chiron
Location	above La Bajada, Nayarit, Mexico
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Source	WMex09_D-40-0300a
Source Collection	Flickr
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Copyright	© 2009 Jerry Oldenettel

Scientific Name	Marpesia petreus
Location	Florida, USA
Specimen Condition	Live Specimen
Source	Ruddy Daggerwing
Source Collection	Flickr
Image Use	This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License - Version 2.0.
Copyright	© 2007 crookrw

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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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First online 11 November 2006
Content changed 17 November 2008

Citing this page:

Brower, Andrew V. Z. 2008. Marpesia Hübner 1818. Version 17 November 2008 (under construction). http://tolweb.org/Marpesia/69960/2008.11.17 in The Tree of Life Web Project, http://tolweb.org/