Marpesia (butterfly)

Marpesia (butterfly)
Marpesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Cyrestinae
Genus: Marpesia
Hübner, 1818[1]
Species

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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.

Species

  • Marpesia berania (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Marpesia chiron (Fabricius, 1775)
  • Marpesia corinna (Latreille, [1813])
  • Marpesia corita (Westwood, 1850)
  • Marpesia crethon (Fabricius, 1776)
  • Marpesia egina (Bates, 1865)
  • Marpesia eleuchea Hübner, 1818
  • Marpesia furcula (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Marpesia harmonia (Klug, 1836)
  • Marpesia livius (Kirby, 1871)
  • Marpesia marcella (C. & R. Felder, 1861)
  • Marpesia merops (Doyère, [1840])
  • Marpesia orsilochus (Fabricius, 1776)
  • Marpesia petreus (Cramer, [1776])
  • Marpesia themistocles (Fabricius, 1793)
  • Marpesia tutelina (Hewitson, 1852)
  • Marpesia zerynthia Hübner, [1823]

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