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    Crethon Daggerwing (Marpesia crethon)

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    Crethon daggerwing
    Tambopata Park, Peru
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Nymphalidae
    Genus: Marpesia
    Species:
    M. crethon
    Binomial name
    Marpesia crethon
    (Fabricius, 1776)[1]
    Synonyms
    • Papilio crethon Godart, [1824]
    • Timetes catulus C. & R. Felder, 1861

    Marpesia crethon, the Crethon daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in northern South America

    References

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    1. ^ "Marpesia Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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