Marpesia eleuchea

Marpesia eleuchea, the Antillean daggerwing, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the West Indies. Occasional strays can be found in the Florida Keys.

Marpesia eleuchea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Marpesia
Species:
M. eleuchea
Binomial name
Marpesia eleuchea
Synonyms
  • Nymphalis pellenis Godart, [1824]

The wingspan is 67–83 mm. Adults feed on the nectar of various flowers, including Tournefortia, Cordia, Lantana, and Eupatorium species.[2]

The larvae feed on Ficus species.

Subspecies
Plate accompanying Jacob Hübner's original description
  • Marpesia eleuchea eleuchea (Cuba)
  • Marpesia eleuchea bahamensis Munroe, 1971 (Bahamas)
  • Marpesia eleuchea dospassosi Munroe, 1971 (Dominican Republic)
  • Marpesia eleuchea pellenis (Godart, [1824]) (Antilles)

References
  1. "Marpesia Hübner, 1818" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Butterflies and Moths of North America


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