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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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